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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with each of these statements? - It is the responsibility of the government to reduce the differences in income between people with high incomes and those 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 United Kingdom67.5%
2 France 63.5%
3 Germany61.2%
4 Sweden59.5%
5 Japan52.6%
6 Australia49.7%
7 Canada45.4%
8 United States35.3%

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 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 1999

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.057558 X +6.739
Correlation coefficient (r)0.017
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -86941.199236 X +100092.049
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.694
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.482

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 9.681412 X +76.452
Correlation coefficient (r)0.412
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.170

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.280733 X +1.439
Correlation coefficient (r)0.181
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.033

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -17.861798 X +20.394
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.781
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.610