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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 "Low-income individuals themselves"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States8.0%
2 Japan6.9%
3 Australia5.4%
4 United Kingdom3.2%
5 Sweden2.9%
6 Germany2.6%
7 France 1.2%
8 Italy1.1%

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 = -1.480173 X +6.756
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.096
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 313982.288718 X +37946.818
Correlation coefficient (r)0.544
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.296

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -34.729748 X +83.096
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.355
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.126

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.340477 X +1.582
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.044
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 99.153525 X +6.058
Correlation coefficient (r)0.767
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.588