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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 "Income differences do not need to be reduced"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States11.4%
2 Australia9.3%
3 Sweden8.1%
4 Japan6.5%
5 United Kingdom4.9%
6 Germany4.1%
7 France 3.2%
8 Italy1.5%

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 = 5.424769 X +6.366
Correlation coefficient (r)0.454
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.206

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 382247.661139 X +26818.706
Correlation coefficient (r)0.856
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.733

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -30.230983 X +83.589
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.399
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.159

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 2.187560 X +1.435
Correlation coefficient (r)0.365
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.133

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 87.557262 X +4.575
Correlation coefficient (r)0.876
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.767