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Question: On the whole, do you think it should or should not be the government's responsibility to provide a job for everyone who wants one?
Choices: "Definately should be" "Probably should be" "Probably should not be" "Definately should not be"
Data: % of "Definately should be" "Probably should be"
Period:
Area:
23 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Hungary90.6%
2 Poland88.6%
3 Slovenia88.4%
4 Portugal85.3%
5 Latvia83.1%
6 Spain82.1%
7 Israel80.1%
8 Czech Republic78.9%
9 Norway78.7%
10 Chile72.3%
11 Republic of Korea70.1%
12 Germany68.3%
13 Ireland64.9%
14 France61.8%
15 Switzerland58.9%
16 Denmark58.8%
17 Finland 58.3%
18 Netherlands56.3%
19 United States56.1%
20 Japan51.8%
21 Australia43.1%
22 New Zealand37.4%
23 Canada35.0%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 15 countries.

Source
ISSP 2006

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -1.222603 X +7.580
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.399
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.159

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -67752.330495 X +94253.559
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.416
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.173

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -9.237642 X +86.956
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.481
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.231

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = 0.114720 X +1.514
Correlation coefficient (r)0.050
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -1.611938 X +11.649
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.074
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005