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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:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany84.1%
2 France80.9%
3 United States78.7%
4 Italy75.1%
5 Japan 73.0%
6 Canada65.5%
7 Australia65.2%

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 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 1996

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -0.671446 X +7.271
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.122
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -25740.015679 X +69970.226
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.153
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.023

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -12.766033 X +91.272
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.409
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.167

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 1.003822 X +0.759
Correlation coefficient (r)0.368
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.135

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 6.235134 X +7.989
Correlation coefficient (r)0.149
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022