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Question: Generally, how would you describe taxes in the country today for those with high incomes? Taxes are...
Choices: "much too high" "too high" "about right" "too low" "much too low"
Data: % of "much too high" "too high"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Canada32.3%
2 France 31.8%
3 Italy28.9%
4 Japan24.2%
5 Australia22.1%
6 United States18.1%
7 Germany15.1%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 1996

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -0.629313 X +6.783
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.124
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -102392.802801 X +75980.941
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.432
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.187

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 19.950309 X +76.884
Correlation coefficient (r)0.505
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.255

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -0.546972 X +1.671
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.170
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.029

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -15.346985 X +13.866
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.319
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.102