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Question: On the whole, do you think it should or should not be the government's responsibility to give financial help to university students from low-income families?
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:
18 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Spain98.5%
2 Slovenia97.0%
3 Latvia96.8%
4 Poland95.5%
5 Ireland95.1%
6 Italy94.2%
7 France94.1%
8 Czech Republic92.7%
9 Hungary91.4%
10 Israel90.2%
11 United States90.0%
12 Germany89.4%
13 Australia88.0%
14 New Zealand86.8%
15 Canada85.3%
16 Norway79.3%
17 Switzerland79.2%
18 Japan 64.0%

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

No data for 20 countries.

Source
ISSP 1996

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -0.397723 X +7.058
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.085
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -108851.669929 X +147411.922
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.324
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.105

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -18.943768 X +97.551
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.453
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.205

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 0.509555 X +1.174
Correlation coefficient (r)0.110
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -5.389274 X +14.843
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.145
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.021