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Question: Who do you think should primarily cover the costs of childcare for children under school age?
Choices: "The family itself" "The government/public funds" "The employers"
Data: % of "The family itself"
Period:
Area:
31 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States77.9%
2 Switzerland74.6%
3 Australia69.8%
4 Canada69.4%
5 Hungary69.0%
6 Mexico64.8%
7 Netherlands64.0%
8 Turkiye63.7%
9 United Kingdom63.0%
10 Ireland61.3%
11 Japan60.3%
12 Poland59.2%
13 Denmark58.9%
14 Belgium57.9%
15 France53.5%
16 Norway53.3%
17 Latvia50.4%
18 Czech Republic47.2%
19 Spain45.1%
20 Lithuania44.4%
21 Israel41.8%
22 Slovakia41.3%
23 Chile40.6%
24 Finland 40.5%
25 Portugal39.2%
26 Austria38.4%
27 Republic of Korea38.3%
28 Germany36.3%
29 Slovenia32.3%
30 Iceland27.3%
31 Sweden25.4%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany.

No data for 7 countries.

Source
ISSP 2012

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -0.651068 X +7.077
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.143
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 36667.253496 X +26696.523
Correlation coefficient (r)0.199
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.040

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -4.900458 X +82.544
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.185
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.034

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 0.017369 X +1.597
Correlation coefficient (r)0.007
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -4.763283 X +12.940
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.166
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.028