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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:
23 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Chile99.2%
2 Ireland98.3%
3 Slovenia98.1%
3 Spain98.1%
5 Poland97.3%
5 Portugal97.3%
7 Israel94.7%
8 France94.1%
9 Hungary92.5%
10 Germany92.2%
11 Latvia91.3%
12 Canada90.3%
13 Czech Republic89.6%
14 Netherlands89.3%
15 Australia89.1%
15 United States89.1%
17 Finland85.6%
18 Denmark84.4%
19 Norway82.4%
20 Republic of Korea80.1%
21 New Zealand78.5%
22 Switzerland73.8%
23 Japan 57.9%

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 = -0.310699 X +7.033
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.059
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -65685.852881 X +106978.667
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.236
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.056

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -13.048523 X +92.326
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.398
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.158

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = 0.947026 X +0.750
Correlation coefficient (r)0.240
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.058

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -12.115749 X +21.326
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.327
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.107