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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statement: Most politicians in my country do not care about reducing the differences in income between people with high incomes and people with low incomes.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy85.7%
2 France 80.4%
3 Japan75.6%
4 Germany74.9%
5 Australia73.6%
6 United States73.5%
7 United Kingdom73.3%
8 Sweden65.8%

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 = -4.873222 X +10.370
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.710
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.504

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -141101.861317 X +156551.628
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.550
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.303

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 4.414771 X +78.411
Correlation coefficient (r)0.101
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -1.447951 X +2.660
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.421
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.177

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -36.579777 X +37.500
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.637
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.406