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TABLE 11-2 Degree to Which Security in Various Areas is Assured, Five SOCO Countries (scale of implementation of security/importance of security; importance of security = 100)

Area of Security Hungary Slovakia Czech R. Poland Germanya Five Countries
Family 90 88 81 88 82 87
Housing 86 84 75 79 71 78
Health 81 75 70 70 78 75
Politics 62 68 80 65 58 64
Job 72 73 64 70 54 67
Income 51 54 63 53 63 58
Children's future 56 59 60 56 58 57
Public safety 44 50 41 51 42 45
Country mean 69 69 66 66 64 67

NOTE: In the case of freedoms, all similar percentages are close to 100 percent (Ferge et al., 1995).

aOnly former East Germany.