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Question: How successful do you think the government is nowadays in reducing the differences in income between people with high incomes and people with low incomes?
Choices: "Very successful" "Quite successful" "Neither successful nor unsuccessful" "Quite unsuccessful" "Very unsuccessful"
Data: % of "Very successful" "Quite successful"
Period:
Area:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Chile25.2%
2 New Zealand16.5%
3 Czech Republic15.5%
4 Norway10.8%
5 Austria10.2%
6 Finland10.1%
7 Italy8.3%
8 Iceland6.7%
9 Denmark6.5%
10 Switzerland5.6%
11 Slovenia5.4%
12 Australia5.3%
13 United Kingdom5.0%
14 Sweden 4.9%
15 Germany4.4%
16 Israel3.5%
17 Japan3.4%
17 United States3.4%
19 France2.9%
20 Lithuania2.8%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 18 countries.

Source
ISSP 2019

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -0.623267 X +6.990
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.080
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -122195.576419 X +63416.694
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.319
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.102

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -4.199329 X +81.758
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.113
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -0.730584 X +1.624
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.120
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -14.797160 X +11.604
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.237
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.056