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Question: On the whole, do you think it should or should not be the government's responsibility to provide a decent standard of living for the unemployed?
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:
33 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Spain92.8%
2 Portugal91.7%
3 Chile91.3%
4 Viet Nam90.0%
5 Norway88.5%
6 Uzbekistan87.6%
7 Croatia86.8%
8 Finland85.7%
9 Switzerland83.4%
10 South Africa83.1%
11 Slovenia82.8%
12 Ireland81.8%
13 Poland81.6%
14 Denmark80.8%
15 Philippines79.3%
16 Dominican Republic74.3%
17 Tajikistan72.2%
18 Germany71.0%
19 France70.2%
19 Republic of Korea70.2%
21 Netherlands69.4%
22 Hungary69.2%
23 Russian Federation68.2%
24 Syrian Arab Republic67.0%
25 Latvia64.9%
26 Israel 64.2%
27 Canada63.1%
28 Australia57.3%
28 United States57.3%
30 Japan56.5%
31 Uruguay52.0%
32 New Zealand49.2%
33 Czech Republic48.4%

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 205 countries.

Source
ISSP 2006

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = -0.987146 X +7.249
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.180
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.032

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = -20193.484999 X +51536.298
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.096
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -3.671446 X +81.224
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.100
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -0.086944 X +1.857
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.020
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -8.543687 X +19.135
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.176
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.031