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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following 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:
29 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Russian Federation92.5%
2 Bulgaria89.8%
3 Croatia87.8%
4 Slovenia86.2%
5 Italy84.6%
6 Lithuania84.1%
7 Thailand82.6%
8 Suriname82.5%
9 Austria80.2%
10 Chile76.1%
11 South Africa74.9%
12 Germany73.2%
13 Finland73.1%
14 Iceland70.4%
15 Venezuela69.0%
16 Norway68.8%
17 Israel67.5%
18 Taiwan67.2%
19 Philippines66.6%
20 United Kingdom66.0%
21 France64.5%
22 Sweden63.3%
23 Czech Republic62.2%
24 Switzerland61.4%
25 Australia56.4%
26 Japan 55.5%
27 New Zealand54.4%
28 Denmark52.5%
29 United States45.9%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 209 countries.

Source
ISSP 2019

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -2.386047 X +8.312
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.446
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.199

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -122077.378257 X +126389.047
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.541
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.293

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -18.036756 X +91.164
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.387
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.150

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -0.467313 X +2.075
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.136
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 11.266684 X +3.057
Correlation coefficient (r)0.239
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.057