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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? - The government should provide a decent standard of living for the unemployed.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Turkiye93.0%
2 Estonia90.5%
3 Denmark84.4%
4 Latvia83.8%
5 Portugal83.5%
6 Slovenia81.1%
7 Republic of Korea81.0%
7 Spain81.0%
9 Finland80.5%
10 Lithuania79.1%
11 Chile78.7%
12 Iceland77.8%
12 Sweden77.8%
14 Norway77.2%
15 Hungary76.6%
16 Switzerland72.6%
17 Italy70.5%
18 Japan 69.7%
19 Poland67.2%
20 Israel64.9%
21 France62.4%
21 Germany62.4%
23 Austria61.8%
24 Czech Republic57.6%
25 Slovakia57.5%
26 United Kingdom53.0%
27 Australia52.3%
28 United States48.6%
29 New Zealand44.9%
30 Belgium42.1%

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

No data for 8 countries.

Source
ISSP 2009

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -1.056676 X +7.431
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.247
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.061

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -42260.448178 X +73106.152
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.245
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.060

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -3.099418 X +82.360
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.123
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -0.445314 X +1.904
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.175
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.031

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 0.009197 X +10.569
Correlation coefficient (r)0.000
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000