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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with each of these statements? - It is the responsibility of the government to reduce the differences in income between people with high incomes and those with low incomes
Choices: "Agree strongly" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Disagree strongly"
Data: % of "Agree strongly" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
28 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Lithuania80.6%
2 Thailand80.4%
3 Austria80.2%
4 Russian Federation80.1%
5 Slovenia79.6%
6 Croatia77.9%
7 Italy77.5%
8 Slovakia75.8%
9 Germany72.4%
10 Hungary71.4%
11 China69.7%
12 India69.1%
13 Iceland68.9%
14 Norway68.5%
15 Switzerland66.9%
16 Finland66.6%
17 France64.6%
18 South Africa64.0%
19 Sweden62.5%
20 Spain61.1%
21 Denmark 58.5%
22 New Zealand56.9%
22 Taiwan56.9%
24 Japan56.1%
25 Republic of Korea54.7%
26 Australia52.9%
27 Philippines43.5%
28 United States34.5%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 210 countries.

Source
ISSP 2020

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -0.764938 X +7.006
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.116
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -58841.871919 X +78339.099
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.251
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.063

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -3.087140 X +80.671
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.061
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -0.911734 X +2.204
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.285
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.081

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 3.545728 X +9.238
Correlation coefficient (r)0.081
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007