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Question: Is it just or unjust ? right or wrong ? that people with higher incomes can buy better health care 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:
41 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Philippines64.9%
2 China64.2%
3 South Africa61.9%
4 Venezuela47.9%
5 United Kingdom42.6%
6 Taiwan42.5%
7 Israel35.7%
8 New Zealand33.1%
9 United States31.4%
10 Japan 31.1%
11 Australia28.9%
12 Czech Republic28.8%
13 Lithuania28.4%
14 Spain26.2%
15 Argentina26.1%
16 Estonia24.8%
17 Republic of Korea23.5%
18 Chile22.5%
19 Finland21.3%
20 Denmark19.3%
21 Russian Federation19.1%
22 Norway18.7%
22 Switzerland18.7%
24 Poland17.3%
25 Slovakia16.3%
26 Sweden14.0%
27 Ukraine13.9%
28 Portugal13.3%
29 Bulgaria13.0%
29 Italy13.0%
29 Latvia13.0%
32 Germany12.6%
33 Austria12.5%
34 Cyprus10.1%
35 Turkiye9.3%
36 Croatia9.0%
37 Slovenia8.7%
38 Hungary7.7%
39 Iceland7.4%
40 Belgium5.5%
41 France2.8%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: unweighted sum of Flanders and Wallony. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 197 countries.

Source
ISSP 2009

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data41
Regression equation
Y = -0.547915 X +6.579
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.127
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data41
Regression equation
Y = -36736.165227 X +44136.330
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.234
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.055

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -12.354974 X +81.067
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.367
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.135

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = 1.008254 X +1.400
Correlation coefficient (r)0.389
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.151

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data40
Regression equation
Y = -1.852227 X +10.931
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.055
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003