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Question: Who do you think should primarily cover the costs of childcare for children under school age?
Choices: "The family itself" "The government/public funds" "The employers"
Data: % of "The family itself"
Period:
Area:
41 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Philippines 95.7%
2 Bulgaria84.2%
3 China80.6%
4 United States77.9%
5 South Africa77.2%
6 Argentina76.8%
7 Switzerland74.6%
8 Australia69.8%
9 Canada69.4%
10 Hungary69.0%
11 Venezuela68.9%
12 Croatia68.6%
13 India68.5%
14 Mexico64.8%
15 Netherlands64.0%
16 Turkiye63.7%
17 United Kingdom63.0%
18 Ireland61.3%
19 Japan60.3%
20 Poland59.2%
21 Denmark58.9%
22 Belgium57.9%
23 Russian Federation55.9%
24 France53.5%
25 Norway53.3%
26 Latvia50.4%
27 Taiwan49.4%
28 Czech Republic47.2%
29 Spain45.1%
30 Lithuania44.4%
31 Israel41.8%
32 Slovakia41.3%
33 Chile40.6%
34 Finland40.5%
35 Portugal39.2%
36 Austria38.4%
37 Republic of Korea38.3%
38 Germany36.3%
39 Slovenia32.3%
40 Iceland27.3%
41 Sweden25.4%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany.

No data for 197 countries.

Source
ISSP 2012

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data41
Regression equation
Y = -2.113074 X +7.642
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.398
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.158

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data41
Regression equation
Y = -37217.709696 X +57997.520
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.236
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.056

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -13.371421 X +86.315
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.494
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.244

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 0.755311 X +1.246
Correlation coefficient (r)0.334
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.112

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -10.374869 X +18.905
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.282
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.080