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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following 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 Italy84.6%
2 Germany73.2%
3 United Kingdom66.0%
4 France 64.5%
5 Sweden63.3%
6 Australia56.4%
7 Japan55.5%
8 United States45.9%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2019

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.587217 X +7.072
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.174
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.030

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -83263.063940 X +103249.131
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.660
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.436

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 7.756449 X +76.799
Correlation coefficient (r)0.362
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.131

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.699139 X +2.014
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.413
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.171

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -25.875489 X +26.414
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.916
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.839