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Question: On the whole, do you think it should or should not be the government's responsibility to provide a decent standard of living for the unemployed?
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:
23 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Spain92.8%
2 Portugal91.7%
3 Chile91.3%
4 Norway88.5%
5 Finland85.7%
6 Switzerland83.4%
7 Slovenia82.8%
8 Ireland81.8%
9 Poland81.6%
10 Denmark80.8%
11 Germany71.0%
12 France70.2%
12 Republic of Korea70.2%
14 Netherlands69.4%
15 Hungary69.2%
16 Latvia 64.9%
17 Israel64.2%
18 Canada63.1%
19 Australia57.3%
19 United States57.3%
21 Japan56.5%
22 New Zealand49.2%
23 Czech Republic48.4%

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 15 countries.

Source
ISSP 2006

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -0.241041 X +6.993
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.056
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = 7661.956777 X +42247.249
Correlation coefficient (r)0.043
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = 2.292725 X +79.273
Correlation coefficient (r)0.122
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -0.597046 X +1.993
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.232
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.054

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -5.242810 X +17.227
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.149
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022