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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:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United Kingdom41.7%
2 Japan36.2%
3 United States34.8%
4 Republic of Korea33.1%
5 Australia27.4%
6 Sweden13.0%
7 Italy11.9%
8 Germany10.0%
9 France 8.6%

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

No data for 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2009

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -0.920693 X +6.849
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.282
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.080

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 11539.087916 X +45473.755
Correlation coefficient (r)0.100
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -3.587022 X +82.797
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.193
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.037

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -0.748740 X +1.665
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.312
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.097

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 14.409427 X +7.715
Correlation coefficient (r)0.388
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.151