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Question: Is it fair or unfair that people with higher incomes can afford better education for their children than people with lower incomes?
Choices: "Very fair" "Somewhat fair" "Neither fair nor unfair" "Somewhat unfair" "Very unfair"
Data: % of "Very fair" "Somewhat fair"
Period:
Area:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Lithuania43.2%
2 Finland42.8%
3 Australia30.1%
4 United Kingdom28.6%
5 United States26.3%
6 Republic of Korea25.1%
7 Chile24.0%
8 Denmark21.6%
9 Turkiye21.2%
10 Portugal16.4%
11 Poland16.1%
12 Israel14.8%
13 Switzerland13.8%
14 Japan 13.1%
14 Spain13.1%
16 Slovakia12.5%
17 Czech Republic12.2%
17 Norway12.2%
19 Belgium10.6%
20 Italy10.2%
21 Sweden8.7%
22 Slovenia7.7%
23 France7.2%
24 Germany7.1%
25 Netherlands6.7%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 13 countries.

Source
ISSP 2011

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 0.572663 X +6.608
Correlation coefficient (r)0.098
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -11904.165798 X +48612.650
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.055
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -7.591055 X +82.400
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.340
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.116

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -0.495406 X +1.599
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.140
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 16.563429 X +7.246
Correlation coefficient (r)0.385
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.148