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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:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Slovakia92.6%
2 Hungary85.7%
3 Slovenia83.0%
4 Czech Republic82.6%
5 Spain82.4%
6 Chile81.4%
7 Turkiye81.3%
8 Lithuania79.6%
9 Latvia75.5%
10 Belgium74.1%
11 Israel72.8%
12 Norway72.2%
13 Germany64.8%
14 France63.8%
15 Republic of Korea59.6%
16 Finland52.7%
17 Denmark52.6%
18 United Kingdom50.3%
19 Sweden 49.0%
20 Japan45.0%
21 Switzerland44.6%
22 Iceland41.7%
23 New Zealand41.2%
24 Australia38.6%
25 United States36.3%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 13 countries.

Source
ISSP 2016

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -1.566867 X +7.743
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.449
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.202

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -87784.348774 X +102009.930
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.627
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.393

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -10.805691 X +87.246
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.540
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.292

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 0.137179 X +1.538
Correlation coefficient (r)0.066
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -3.120366 X +12.964
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.127
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016