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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? - Differences in income in the country are too large.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Bulgaria96.8%
2 Latvia96.7%
3 Portugal95.9%
4 Russian Federation95.8%
5 Slovakia93.7%
6 Hungary93.2%
7 Chile92.2%
8 Slovenia91.0%
9 Israel89.8%
10 Poland89.3%
10 Spain89.3%
12 Czech Republic87.8%
13 France86.8%
14 Austria86.3%
15 Germany82.2%
16 United Kingdom81.3%
17 New Zealand73.2%
18 Norway72.5%
19 Sweden71.1%
20 Australia70.9%
21 Japan 69.1%
22 Canada68.2%
23 United States66.2%
24 Cyprus65.6%
25 Philippines65.3%

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

No data for 213 countries.

Source
ISSP 1999

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -1.660575 X +7.912
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.373
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.139

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -105065.571771 X +125079.939
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.514
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.264

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -14.580655 X +91.026
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.358
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.128

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -0.307884 X +1.905
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.087
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 6.587699 X +4.366
Correlation coefficient (r)0.180
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.032