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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:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Slovenia86.5%
2 Portugal83.6%
3 Spain80.4%
4 Finland76.9%
5 Israel75.8%
6 Chile74.9%
6 Russian Federation74.9%
8 Bulgaria72.0%
9 Mexico70.5%
10 Ireland67.8%
11 Norway67.0%
12 Switzerland66.5%
13 Austria64.4%
14 Latvia63.6%
15 United States62.9%
16 Syrian Arab Republic58.3%
17 Germany56.6%
18 Czech Republic56.2%
19 Denmark55.4%
20 Canada51.3%
21 Philippines49.6%
22 New Zealand43.1%
23 Japan 42.3%
24 Uruguay33.1%
25 Netherlands29.9%

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 2000

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -0.543900 X +7.038
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.146
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.021

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -10137.674479 X +50461.470
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.053
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -0.141444 X +78.760
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.004
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -0.134881 X +1.793
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.045
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -2.645646 X +11.539
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.085
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007