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Question: To what extent do you agree with the following statements? - Present economic differences between rich and poor countries are too large.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany92.2%
2 Japan92.0%
3 France 91.8%
4 Australia83.9%
5 Sweden82.8%
6 United Kingdom82.2%
7 Canada81.7%
8 United States65.3%

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 = -1.357713 X +7.911
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.325
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.106

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -127538.080059 X +159966.420
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.846
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.716

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 21.471956 X +63.679
Correlation coefficient (r)0.760
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.578

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.276190 X +1.823
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.148
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -14.752933 X +23.079
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.537
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.288