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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:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany80.2%
2 Italy76.6%
3 United States69.4%
4 France68.9%
5 Japan 62.9%
6 Australia43.8%
7 Canada36.5%

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 = -0.796550 X +7.269
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.327
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.107

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -24773.428195 X +66268.848
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.332
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.110

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -3.675801 X +84.044
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.265
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.070

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.060018 X +1.471
Correlation coefficient (r)0.050
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -2.026175 X +13.912
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.109
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012