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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? - Differences in income in the country 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 France 86.8%
2 Germany82.2%
3 United Kingdom81.3%
4 Sweden71.1%
5 Australia70.9%
6 Japan69.1%
7 Canada68.2%
8 United States66.2%

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 = -0.503973 X +7.146
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.105
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -88654.805226 X +118876.041
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.513
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.263

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.940583 X +80.267
Correlation coefficient (r)0.060
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.953588 X +0.881
Correlation coefficient (r)0.446
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.199

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -24.562012 X +28.981
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.779
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.607