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Question: Who do you think should have the greatest responsibility for reducing differences in income between people with high incomes and people with low incomes?
Choices: "Private companies" "Government" "Trade unions" "High-income individuals themselves" "Low-income individuals themselves" "Income differences do not need to be reduced"
Data: % of "Income differences do not need to be reduced"
Period:
Area:
28 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Denmark15.3%
2 Venezuela12.1%
3 United States11.4%
4 Australia9.3%
5 Sweden8.1%
6 New Zealand7.9%
7 Finland6.8%
8 Japan 6.5%
9 Taiwan5.4%
10 Czech Republic5.0%
11 United Kingdom4.9%
12 Israel4.7%
12 Switzerland4.7%
14 Germany4.1%
15 France3.2%
16 Iceland3.1%
17 South Africa3.0%
18 Austria2.9%
19 Bulgaria2.2%
19 Philippines2.2%
21 Suriname2.1%
22 Russian Federation1.7%
23 Italy1.5%
24 Lithuania1.4%
25 Chile1.2%
26 Thailand1.0%
27 Slovenia0.9%
28 Croatia0.5%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 210 countries.

Source
ISSP 2019

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 6.259538 X +6.299
Correlation coefficient (r)0.366
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.134

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 307521.859086 X +22725.979
Correlation coefficient (r)0.467
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.218

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 31.603840 X +76.657
Correlation coefficient (r)0.209
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.044

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 0.746991 X +1.714
Correlation coefficient (r)0.067
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -31.961339 X +12.627
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.206
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.042