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Question: On the whole, do you think it should or should not be the government's responsibility to provide a job for everyone who wants one?
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 Spain90.8%
2 Latvia89.7%
3 Poland89.6%
4 Slovenia89.4%
5 Hungary86.9%
6 Israel82.3%
7 Norway80.7%
8 Germany80.2%
9 Italy76.6%
10 Czech Republic76.3%
11 Ireland69.5%
12 United States69.4%
13 France68.9%
14 Switzerland65.1%
15 Japan 62.9%
16 New Zealand55.1%
17 Australia43.8%
18 Canada36.5%

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 = -0.849138 X +7.322
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.344
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.118

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -65942.594509 X +98328.437
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.370
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.137

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -10.381645 X +88.210
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.467
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.218

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 0.114535 X +1.546
Correlation coefficient (r)0.047
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -1.678313 X +11.255
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.085
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007