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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:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Spain97.7%
2 Slovenia97.5%
3 Chile96.7%
4 Latvia96.4%
5 Switzerland94.4%
6 Germany93.9%
7 France92.9%
8 Slovakia92.7%
9 Turkiye91.7%
10 Israel90.9%
11 Lithuania89.7%
12 Hungary88.6%
12 United States88.6%
14 Belgium88.0%
15 United Kingdom86.2%
16 Finland85.9%
17 Norway85.6%
18 Australia84.9%
18 Iceland84.9%
20 Republic of Korea83.1%
21 New Zealand81.9%
22 Czech Republic78.6%
23 Denmark77.5%
24 Sweden68.4%
25 Japan 66.6%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 13 countries.

Source
ISSP 2016

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -1.808140 X +8.317
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.241
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.058

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -61601.629476 X +99506.495
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.205
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.042

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -14.834767 X +93.271
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.345
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.119

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 0.388126 X +1.287
Correlation coefficient (r)0.087
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -7.849798 X +17.818
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.148
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022