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Question: Who do you think should primarily cover the costs of the help to elderly people?
Choices: "The elderly people themselves or their family" "The government/public funds"
Data: % of "The elderly people themselves or their family"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Canada56.5%
2 United States54.1%
3 Japan 46.9%
4 Australia44.8%
5 United Kingdom37.7%
6 France36.6%
7 Germany35.9%
8 Republic of Korea30.0%
9 Sweden13.2%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany.

No data for 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2012

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -0.374911 X +6.947
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.100
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 14832.210156 X +45455.759
Correlation coefficient (r)0.173
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.030

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -4.782338 X +83.735
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.303
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.092

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 0.034182 X +1.473
Correlation coefficient (r)0.016
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -10.395241 X +18.886
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.240
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.058