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Question: On the whole, do you think it should or should not be the government's responsibility to reduce income differences between the rich and the poor?
Choices: "Definately should be" "Probably should be" "Probably should not be" "Definately should not be"
Data: % of "Definately should be" "Probably should be"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Spain90.1%
2 Slovenia85.0%
3 Poland84.1%
4 Israel83.3%
5 Cyprus82.1%
6 Russian Federation81.0%
7 Hungary78.7%
8 Ireland78.1%
9 Bulgaria76.9%
10 Italy75.4%
11 France74.2%
12 Norway73.2%
13 Latvia72.2%
14 Switzerland70.6%
15 Germany69.4%
16 United States67.7%
17 Japan 64.5%
18 Philippines63.3%
19 Czech Republic61.7%
20 Syrian Arab Republic60.4%
21 Australia51.7%
22 Canada50.5%
23 Uruguay47.9%
24 New Zealand47.0%

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

No data for 214 countries.

Source
ISSP 1996

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -1.145952 X +7.360
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.291
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.085

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -22573.444349 X +58949.005
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.097
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -0.455959 X +79.083
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.011
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -0.425759 X +1.996
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.111
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -6.376827 X +14.292
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.160
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.026