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Question: On the whole, do you think it should or should not be the government's responsibility to reduce income differences between the rich and the poor?
Choices: "Definately should be" "Probably should be" "Probably should not be" "Definately should not be"
Data: % of "Definately should be" "Probably should be"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea80.6%
2 France 77.7%
3 Germany72.2%
4 United States69.3%
5 Canada67.8%
6 Japan66.0%
7 Australia60.6%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. 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 2006

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -2.909892 X +8.644
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.513
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.263

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -124918.317704 X +138702.618
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.532
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.283

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.036452 X +82.632
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.026
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.946344 X +2.847
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.393
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.154

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 27.049284 X -6.608
Correlation coefficient (r)0.432
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.187