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Question: Who do you think should primarily cover the costs of the help to elderly people?
Choices: "The elderly people themselves or their family" "The government/public funds"
Data: % of "The elderly people themselves or their family"
Period:
Area:
31 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Switzerland61.0%
2 Hungary60.7%
3 Canada56.5%
4 United States54.1%
5 Poland52.6%
6 Mexico51.3%
7 Czech Republic51.2%
8 Ireland48.9%
9 Japan 46.9%
10 Belgium46.7%
11 Chile45.4%
12 Latvia45.0%
13 Australia44.8%
13 Slovenia44.8%
15 United Kingdom37.7%
16 Lithuania37.6%
17 Slovakia37.3%
18 France36.6%
19 Germany35.9%
20 Netherlands35.2%
21 Turkiye33.5%
22 Portugal32.0%
23 Republic of Korea30.0%
24 Austria29.1%
25 Norway28.4%
26 Finland28.2%
27 Spain27.3%
28 Denmark17.8%
29 Israel16.7%
30 Sweden13.2%
31 Iceland11.9%

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

No data for 7 countries.

Source
ISSP 2012

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -1.495905 X +7.326
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.299
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.089

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -28226.215718 X +55972.701
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.155
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.024

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -8.723248 X +83.782
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.413
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.171

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -0.464749 X +1.772
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.188
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 4.762962 X +11.414
Correlation coefficient (r)0.115
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013