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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 "Somewhat unjust, wrong" "Very unjust, definitely wrong"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France 80.5%
2 Germany76.1%
3 Sweden74.8%
4 Japan60.0%
5 Canada56.6%
6 Australia48.9%
7 United States48.2%
8 United Kingdom37.5%

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 = 0.104202 X +6.708
Correlation coefficient (r)0.043
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -28783.524493 X +70214.036
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.333
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.111

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 5.184261 X +78.585
Correlation coefficient (r)0.320
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.102

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.304649 X +1.407
Correlation coefficient (r)0.285
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.081

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.012411 X +10.681
Correlation coefficient (r)0.001
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000