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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 "Somewhat unfair" "Very unfair"
Period:
Area:
32 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Slovenia84.0%
2 France80.8%
3 Netherlands79.9%
4 Italy79.4%
5 Germany77.7%
6 Sweden76.0%
7 Belgium75.8%
8 Croatia75.7%
9 Bulgaria74.4%
9 Portugal74.4%
11 Spain73.9%
12 Poland73.5%
13 Norway72.5%
14 Slovakia72.0%
15 Czech Republic71.0%
16 Israel70.7%
17 Russian Federation67.7%
18 Switzerland66.8%
19 Turkiye64.0%
20 Japan 62.1%
21 Denmark61.5%
22 Chile58.7%
23 United States56.2%
24 Australia50.4%
25 Lithuania48.3%
26 Republic of Korea46.8%
27 United Kingdom46.4%
28 Finland45.3%
29 China43.5%
30 Taiwan42.8%
31 South Africa37.9%
32 Philippines13.0%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 206 countries.

Source
ISSP 2011

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 0.622156 X +6.134
Correlation coefficient (r)0.153
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.023

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 34933.920636 X +15982.995
Correlation coefficient (r)0.226
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.051

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 13.407200 X +70.239
Correlation coefficient (r)0.408
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.166

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -0.633960 X +2.037
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.236
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.056

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -5.025921 X +13.750
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.150
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022