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Question: Who or where would you turn to first to help you if you needed to find a job?
Choices: "Family members or close friends" "Other persons" "Private companies" "Public services" "Non-profit or religious organisations" "Other organisations" "No person or organisation"
Data: % of "Public services"
Period:
Area:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan43.1%
2 Germany40.3%
3 Austria36.1%
4 Finland 35.6%
5 France28.5%
6 Philippines27.0%
7 Sweden26.1%
8 Slovenia24.9%
9 United Kingdom24.2%
10 Switzerland23.3%
11 Czech Republic22.9%
12 Australia22.5%
13 Suriname22.0%
14 Spain19.8%
15 United States18.9%
16 New Zealand18.8%
17 India16.2%
18 Russian Federation15.6%
19 Mexico15.5%
20 Hungary15.0%
21 Denmark14.7%
22 Israel14.5%
23 Slovakia14.3%
24 Croatia14.2%
25 Thailand14.0%
26 Iceland12.0%
27 South Africa11.7%
28 Taiwan10.5%
29 China10.0%
30 Lithuania9.8%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 208 countries.

Source
ISSP 2017

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 2.872538 X +5.958
Correlation coefficient (r)0.300
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.090

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 85081.885335 X +18089.922
Correlation coefficient (r)0.313
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.098

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 24.078282 X +73.261
Correlation coefficient (r)0.435
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.189

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -1.113908 X +1.964
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.256
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.066

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -3.406059 X +14.439
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.051
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003