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Question: On the whole, do you think it should or should not be the government's responsibility to provide decent housing for those who can't afford it?
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:
23 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Ireland96.3%
2 Chile96.2%
3 Spain95.8%
4 Portugal95.0%
5 Slovenia93.0%
6 Poland91.7%
7 Israel89.5%
8 Finland87.4%
9 France87.0%
10 United States85.9%
11 Canada84.6%
12 Netherlands82.9%
13 Denmark82.3%
14 Latvia82.2%
15 Norway81.5%
16 Australia79.9%
17 Switzerland 79.4%
18 Germany77.6%
19 Hungary76.3%
20 New Zealand71.5%
21 Republic of Korea70.8%
22 Czech Republic64.9%
23 Japan37.9%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 15 countries.

Source
ISSP 2006

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = 0.695070 X +6.186
Correlation coefficient (r)0.177
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.031

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = 16115.978276 X +35386.455
Correlation coefficient (r)0.077
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -3.629037 X +83.716
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.148
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = 0.515776 X +1.168
Correlation coefficient (r)0.175
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.031

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -9.149546 X +18.080
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.330
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.109