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Question: Suppose two equally sick people need the same heart operation. One has young children, the other does not have young children. In your opinion who should get the operation first?
Choices: "The one who has young children" "The one who has no young children" "Having young children should make no difference"
Data: % of "The one who has young children"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea65.1%
2 United States45.7%
3 Italy40.4%
4 Australia35.5%
5 Japan 34.6%
6 United Kingdom33.4%
7 France31.9%
8 Germany30.0%
9 Sweden22.9%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2011

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -2.743308 X +7.771
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.664
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.441

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -35229.347971 X +62761.960
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.342
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.117

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -0.256413 X +82.008
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.015
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -1.894740 X +2.184
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.782
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.612

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 36.546189 X +0.425
Correlation coefficient (r)0.703
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.494