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Question: Generally, how would you describe taxes in this 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:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France 32.6%
2 Australia26.6%
3 United States23.5%
4 United Kingdom21.8%
5 Japan17.8%
6 Sweden17.2%
7 Germany10.0%
8 Republic of Korea7.5%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2016

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.795759 X +6.313
Correlation coefficient (r)0.339
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.115

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 69168.271161 X +36448.727
Correlation coefficient (r)0.381
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.145

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -5.528042 X +82.910
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.179
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.032

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 2.878052 X +0.949
Correlation coefficient (r)0.743
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.552

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -23.399452 X +16.633
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.441
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.194