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Question: On the whole, do you think it should or should not be the government's responsibility to provide health care for the sick?
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 Hungary99.3%
2 Norway99.2%
2 Spain99.2%
4 Ireland99.1%
5 Latvia98.7%
6 Italy98.6%
6 United States98.6%
8 Poland97.9%
9 Germany97.4%
10 New Zealand97.2%
10 Slovenia97.2%
12 Czech Republic96.8%
13 Switzerland96.2%
14 Australia94.2%
15 Canada94.1%
16 Israel93.5%
17 Japan 90.2%
18 France88.7%

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 = -0.644960 X +7.324
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.052
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 75874.241654 X -22979.373
Correlation coefficient (r)0.084
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -48.318938 X +127.237
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.431
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.186

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -3.454469 X +4.961
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.278
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.077

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -0.086070 X +10.113
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.001
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000