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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 government/public funds"
Period:
Area:
31 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden74.0%
2 Iceland71.6%
3 Slovenia66.7%
4 Germany61.7%
5 Austria59.9%
6 Portugal59.0%
7 Finland 57.5%
8 Slovakia56.8%
9 Israel56.4%
10 Republic of Korea55.9%
11 Lithuania52.0%
12 Spain50.4%
13 Czech Republic50.2%
14 Latvia48.9%
15 Norway46.3%
16 Chile45.3%
17 Denmark39.8%
18 Japan38.6%
19 France38.4%
19 Poland38.4%
21 Belgium36.7%
22 Ireland35.8%
23 Turkiye34.6%
24 United Kingdom33.6%
25 Mexico33.1%
26 Hungary30.2%
27 Canada28.2%
28 Australia28.1%
29 Netherlands28.0%
30 Switzerland23.0%
31 United States15.4%

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 = 0.623526 X +6.446
Correlation coefficient (r)0.160
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.026

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -31452.997632 X +61820.453
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.185
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.034

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 2.595032 X +79.362
Correlation coefficient (r)0.139
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.019

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -0.106468 X +1.576
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.048
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 4.211422 X +8.573
Correlation coefficient (r)0.152
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.023