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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:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Chile97.5%
2 Slovenia96.5%
3 Poland94.4%
4 Slovakia94.2%
5 Israel93.9%
6 Portugal92.2%
7 Netherlands91.6%
8 Hungary89.4%
9 Spain88.1%
10 Germany88.0%
11 Norway87.1%
12 Czech Republic85.3%
13 Latvia83.0%
14 Italy82.2%
15 Austria80.0%
16 Japan75.5%
17 Ireland75.2%
18 United States72.3%
19 Switzerland 71.1%
20 France68.9%
21 New Zealand61.0%
22 Denmark58.0%
23 Australia55.3%
24 Canada48.0%

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 14 countries.

Source
ISSP 1998

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -1.192747 X +7.671
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.377
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.142

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -84565.459617 X +115563.417
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.444
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.197

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -8.861382 X +87.546
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.378
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.143

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 0.168058 X +1.478
Correlation coefficient (r)0.069
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -3.474758 X +12.476
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.174
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.030