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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? - The government should provide a decent standard of living for the unemployed.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden76.4%
2 Germany72.0%
3 France70.2%
4 Republic of Korea65.7%
5 United Kingdom60.2%
6 United States56.6%
7 Australia55.2%
8 Japan 53.4%

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 = 1.913614 X +5.551
Correlation coefficient (r)0.315
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.099

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -11974.221088 X +58851.701
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.085
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.058704 X +81.825
Correlation coefficient (r)0.002
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.554714 X +1.144
Correlation coefficient (r)0.159
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.025

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 5.481914 X +11.657
Correlation coefficient (r)0.079
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006