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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 Germany71.0%
2 France70.2%
2 Republic of Korea70.2%
4 Canada63.1%
5 Australia57.3%
5 United States57.3%
7 Japan 56.5%

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 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 2006

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.024636 X +7.346
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.137
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.019

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -95773.921861 X +111628.085
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.519
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.269

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 2.280274 X +80.448
Correlation coefficient (r)0.065
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -0.785801 X +1.952
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.169
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.029

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 25.686709 X -0.580
Correlation coefficient (r)0.294
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.086