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Question: Indicate how much you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. "Adult children have a duty to look after their elderly parents"
Choices: "Agree strongly" "Agree" "Neither Agree Nor Disagree" "Disagree" "Disagree strongly"
Data: % of "Agree strongly" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
22 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Poland91.9%
2 Israel89.7%
3 Italy84.0%
4 Latvia82.5%
5 Chile80.4%
6 Spain79.5%
7 Slovenia78.3%
8 Czech Republic77.8%
9 Hungary76.2%
10 France75.5%
11 United States73.2%
12 Switzerland73.0%
13 Germany69.6%
14 Finland63.6%
15 Norway59.9%
16 Austria55.2%
17 Canada54.9%
18 Japan 53.6%
19 Denmark49.9%
20 New Zealand47.8%
21 United Kingdom45.8%
22 Australia42.4%

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 16 countries.

Source
ISSP 2001

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -1.156734 X +7.570
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.374
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.140

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -69258.937092 X +94299.828
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.431
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.186

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -9.494789 X +87.103
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.444
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.197

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 0.448597 X +1.301
Correlation coefficient (r)0.189
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.036

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -2.502792 X +11.622
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.122
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015