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Question: Is it just or unjust ? right or wrong ? that people with higher incomes can buy better education for their children than people with lower incomes?
Choices: "Very just, definitely right" "Somewhat just, right" "Neither just nor unjust, mixed feelings" "Somewhat unjust, wrong" "Very unjust, definitely wrong"
Data: % of "Very just, definitely right" "Somewhat just, right"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United Kingdom44.9%
2 Australia33.3%
3 United States31.6%
4 Canada28.2%
5 Japan17.9%
6 Germany11.3%
7 Sweden11.1%
8 France 5.2%

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

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 1999

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.232282 X +6.717
Correlation coefficient (r)0.086
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 35686.008897 X +44664.897
Correlation coefficient (r)0.365
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.133

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -6.124817 X +83.117
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.334
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.112

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.258511 X +1.651
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.214
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.046

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -2.118519 X +11.175
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.119
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014