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Question: On the whole, do you think it should or should not be the government's responsibility to provide decent housing for those who can't afford it?
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:
18 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Spain98.0%
2 Ireland93.9%
3 Slovenia90.8%
4 Poland90.5%
5 Israel90.3%
6 United States88.6%
7 Italy88.1%
8 France86.8%
9 Latvia85.7%
10 Germany82.2%
11 Switzerland81.8%
12 Czech Republic79.7%
13 New Zealand78.1%
14 Hungary76.1%
15 Australia76.0%
16 Norway 74.1%
17 Canada72.2%
18 Japan59.6%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 20 countries.

Source
ISSP 1996

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 0.136357 X +6.681
Correlation coefficient (r)0.027
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -13184.153933 X +59821.917
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.048
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -7.141715 X +86.705
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.232
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.054

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 0.766796 X +0.957
Correlation coefficient (r)0.197
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.039

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -11.279460 X +22.041
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.261
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.068