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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree? - Children are a financial burden on their parents.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither Agree Nor Disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Portugal78.4%
2 France74.7%
3 Switzerland68.6%
4 Austria64.7%
5 Poland64.3%
6 Turkiye58.3%
7 Hungary57.9%
8 Czech Republic54.8%
9 Republic of Korea53.1%
10 Belgium50.6%
11 Germany50.5%
12 Slovenia41.5%
13 Japan 40.5%
14 Israel37.3%
15 Canada36.1%
16 Ireland35.6%
17 Australia35.2%
18 Latvia32.9%
19 Chile31.5%
19 Denmark31.5%
21 United Kingdom30.0%
22 United States26.8%
23 Netherlands25.2%
24 Slovakia24.6%
25 Lithuania23.3%
26 Sweden23.0%
27 Mexico22.9%
28 Finland19.7%
29 Iceland16.2%
30 Norway10.4%

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

No data for 8 countries.

Source
ISSP 2012

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -1.546162 X +7.366
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.485
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.235

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -39301.489758 X +62244.083
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.272
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.074

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 1.376022 X +79.334
Correlation coefficient (r)0.066
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -0.228250 X +1.713
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.124
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -3.201680 X +11.942
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.145
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.021