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Question: On the whole, do you think it should or should not be the government's responsibility to provide a decent standard of living for the unemployed?
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 Spain93.9%
2 Norway92.7%
3 Ireland91.5%
4 Switzerland90.3%
5 Slovenia86.4%
6 Germany84.1%
7 Latvia82.6%
8 Poland81.2%
9 France80.9%
10 United States78.7%
11 Italy75.1%
12 Japan 73.0%
13 Israel69.9%
14 Canada65.5%
15 Australia65.2%
16 New Zealand63.5%
17 Hungary62.8%
18 Czech Republic44.7%

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 20 countries.

Source
ISSP 1996

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 0.125075 X +6.698
Correlation coefficient (r)0.034
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 75640.261252 X -9184.856
Correlation coefficient (r)0.388
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.151

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 4.612424 X +77.242
Correlation coefficient (r)0.211
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.045

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -0.636690 X +2.082
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.230
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.053

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 1.376315 X +11.632
Correlation coefficient (r)0.045
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002