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Question: On the whole, do you think it should or should not be the government's responsibility to promote equality between men and women?
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:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France90.7%
2 United Kingdom90.3%
3 Germany87.1%
4 Sweden86.6%
5 United States84.8%
6 Australia84.4%
7 Japan 69.7%
8 Republic of Korea57.0%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2016

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 3.708810 X +3.754
Correlation coefficient (r)0.839
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.704

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 59939.516562 X +2476.813
Correlation coefficient (r)0.587
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.345

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -9.116867 X +89.277
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.484
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.234

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 2.382067 X -0.440
Correlation coefficient (r)0.941
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.885

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -44.000225 X +50.933
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.868
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.753