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Question: Who do you think should have the greatest responsibility for reducing differences in income between people with high incomes and people with low incomes?
Choices: "Private companies" "Government" "Trade unions" "High-income individuals themselves" "Low-income individuals themselves" "Income differences do not need to be reduced"
Data: % of "High-income individuals themselves"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France 7.6%
2 United States6.3%
3 Germany3.5%
4 Japan3.0%
5 Australia2.7%
6 Italy2.0%
6 Sweden2.0%
8 United Kingdom1.8%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2019

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -2.292312 X +6.781
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.125
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 184946.921525 X +43550.167
Correlation coefficient (r)0.270
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.073

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -53.379279 X +83.666
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.459
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.211

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 5.169630 X +1.382
Correlation coefficient (r)0.562
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.316

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 59.043521 X +7.805
Correlation coefficient (r)0.384
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.147