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Question: On the whole, do you think it should or should not be the government's responsibility to provide health care for the sick?
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:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy98.6%
1 United States98.6%
3 Germany97.4%
4 Australia94.2%
5 Canada94.1%
6 Japan 90.2%
7 France88.7%

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 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 1996

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 4.001241 X +2.987
Correlation coefficient (r)0.396
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.157

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 97635.430854 X -41550.183
Correlation coefficient (r)0.315
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.099

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -35.735040 X +115.528
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.621
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.386

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.713581 X +3.129
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.341
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.116

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -30.660734 X +41.630
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.396
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.157