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Question: Is it just or unjust ? right or wrong ? that people with higher incomes can buy better health care 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 Kingdom42.2%
2 Australia30.4%
3 United States28.2%
4 Canada22.1%
5 Japan18.6%
6 Germany11.5%
7 Sweden10.6%
8 France 2.2%

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 = 0.114834 X +6.747
Correlation coefficient (r)0.040
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 32629.480640 X +46087.915
Correlation coefficient (r)0.312
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.097

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -6.079383 X +82.972
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.310
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.096

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.333165 X +1.660
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.258
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.067

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -2.355851 X +11.177
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.124
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015