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Question: On the whole, do you think it should or should not be the government's responsibility to provide a job for everyone who wants one?
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:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Russian Federation93.4%
2 Spain90.8%
3 Philippines 90.6%
4 Latvia89.7%
5 Poland89.6%
6 Slovenia89.4%
7 Hungary86.9%
8 Israel82.3%
9 Bulgaria80.8%
10 Norway80.7%
11 Germany80.2%
12 Italy76.6%
13 Czech Republic76.3%
14 Cyprus75.7%
15 Ireland69.5%
16 United States69.4%
17 France68.9%
18 Switzerland65.1%
19 Japan62.9%
20 Syrian Arab Republic55.6%
21 New Zealand55.1%
22 Australia43.8%
23 Uruguay39.4%
24 Canada36.5%

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 214 countries.

Source
ISSP 1996

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -1.559807 X +7.745
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.435
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.189

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -57618.477043 X +83952.327
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.359
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.129

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -8.656940 X +85.614
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.361
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.130

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -0.156061 X +1.790
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.060
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 0.341183 X +11.926
Correlation coefficient (r)0.010
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000