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Question: Is it just or unjust ? right or wrong ? that people with higher incomes can buy better education for their children than people with lower incomes?
Choices: "Very just, definitely right" "Somewhat just, right" "Neither just nor unjust, mixed feelings" "Somewhat unjust, wrong" "Very unjust, definitely wrong"
Data: % of "Very just, definitely right" "Somewhat just, right"
Period:
Area:
29 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Taiwan68.6%
2 Philippines65.8%
3 Suriname46.2%
4 United Kingdom38.9%
5 South Africa37.9%
6 Venezuela35.8%
7 New Zealand33.7%
8 Japan 33.4%
9 Thailand32.0%
10 Lithuania30.0%
11 Australia27.1%
12 Russian Federation23.6%
13 Bulgaria22.3%
14 Czech Republic21.5%
15 United States20.4%
16 Chile19.6%
17 Denmark17.2%
18 Italy16.5%
19 Austria15.8%
20 Israel15.6%
21 Finland15.0%
22 Norway13.0%
23 Sweden10.5%
24 Iceland9.6%
25 Slovenia9.4%
25 Switzerland9.4%
27 Croatia9.0%
28 Germany6.7%
29 France3.3%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 209 countries.

Source
ISSP 2019

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -1.606252 X +7.007
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.392
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.154

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -82145.586871 X +59754.878
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.484
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.234

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -24.013477 X +83.814
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.585
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.342

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 1.226363 X +1.463
Correlation coefficient (r)0.406
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.165

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 3.309847 X +10.317
Correlation coefficient (r)0.080
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006