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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 Republic of Korea70.1%
2 Germany68.3%
3 France61.8%
4 United States56.1%
5 Japan 51.8%
6 Australia43.1%
7 Canada35.0%

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 = -1.670186 X +7.616
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.428
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.183

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -40043.392393 X +72753.654
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.417
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.174

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.372518 X +82.657
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.075
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -0.552863 X +1.756
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.228
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.052

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 25.335232 X +1.794
Correlation coefficient (r)0.558
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.311