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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with each of these statements? - It is the responsibility of the government to reduce the differences in income between people with high incomes and those with low incomes
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Slovenia79.6%
2 Poland78.1%
3 Spain77.3%
4 Russian Federation74.0%
5 Israel69.7%
6 France68.0%
7 Bulgaria67.9%
8 Hungary66.8%
9 Ireland65.5%
10 Italy64.7%
11 Czech Republic60.3%
12 Switzerland59.6%
13 Germany57.9%
14 Norway56.7%
15 Cyprus54.8%
16 United States54.0%
17 Syrian Arab Republic53.5%
18 Latvia51.3%
19 Japan 47.8%
20 Canada42.9%
21 Australia42.5%
22 Philippines39.3%
23 New Zealand38.0%
24 Uruguay32.6%

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 = -0.596328 X +6.898
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.165
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -16543.611672 X +52670.389
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.078
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 0.387290 X +78.536
Correlation coefficient (r)0.010
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -0.432079 X +1.949
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.122
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -2.401638 X +11.208
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.065
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004