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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:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United Kingdom42.6%
2 United States31.4%
3 Japan31.1%
4 Australia28.9%
5 Republic of Korea23.5%
6 Sweden14.0%
7 Italy13.0%
8 Germany12.6%
9 France 2.8%

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 = -0.251840 X +6.683
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.073
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 27158.332517 X +42219.944
Correlation coefficient (r)0.224
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.050

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -4.762940 X +82.991
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.245
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.060

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -0.393223 X +1.572
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.156
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.024

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 6.148616 X +9.819
Correlation coefficient (r)0.158
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.025