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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree? - Adult children are an important source of help for elderly parents.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither Agree Nor Disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
40 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States86.1%
2 Venezuela84.2%
3 China83.4%
4 South Africa82.9%
5 Switzerland82.2%
6 Philippines80.6%
7 Iceland80.2%
8 Ireland79.4%
8 Portugal79.4%
10 Finland77.9%
11 Poland77.3%
12 India75.2%
13 Germany74.4%
14 Sweden73.3%
15 Taiwan72.7%
16 Australia71.8%
17 Argentina71.3%
18 Japan71.2%
19 Canada70.9%
20 Turkiye68.9%
21 Latvia68.8%
22 Slovakia68.0%
23 Slovenia66.6%
24 Russian Federation66.4%
25 Croatia64.9%
26 Israel63.6%
27 Republic of Korea60.5%
28 Austria60.0%
28 Czech Republic60.0%
30 Mexico59.9%
31 Norway59.8%
32 Hungary 59.7%
33 United Kingdom57.9%
34 Denmark55.9%
35 Lithuania55.3%
36 Belgium54.9%
37 Chile54.5%
38 Bulgaria50.7%
39 Netherlands49.0%
40 France44.8%

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

No data for 198 countries.

Source
ISSP 2012

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -1.152376 X +7.262
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.166
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.028

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 6108.594543 X +35107.959
Correlation coefficient (r)0.024
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data39
Regression equation
Y = -10.426172 X +85.679
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.235
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.055

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data39
Regression equation
Y = 0.552464 X +1.246
Correlation coefficient (r)0.154
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.024

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data39
Regression equation
Y = -0.970386 X +11.279
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.021
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000