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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:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany80.9%
2 France 79.5%
3 Republic of Korea79.1%
4 United Kingdom70.9%
5 Sweden66.8%
6 Japan65.3%
7 Australia59.9%
8 United States55.9%

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 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2016

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -1.522984 X +7.728
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.326
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.106

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -114354.218336 X +129827.950
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.714
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.510

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 8.819385 X +75.670
Correlation coefficient (r)0.324
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.105

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.971212 X +2.192
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.285
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.081

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -2.284986 X +13.636
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.049
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002