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Question: How successful do you think the government is nowadays in reducing the differences in income between people with high incomes and people with low incomes?
Choices: "Very successful" "Quite successful" "Neither successful nor unsuccessful" "Quite unsuccessful" "Very unsuccessful"
Data: % of "Very successful" "Quite successful"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy8.3%
2 Australia5.3%
3 United Kingdom5.0%
4 Sweden4.9%
5 Germany4.4%
6 Japan3.4%
6 United States3.4%
8 France 2.9%

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 = -0.189980 X +6.707
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.008
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -236322.420635 X +61338.529
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.270
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.073

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 37.648810 X +79.968
Correlation coefficient (r)0.254
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.065

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -6.418651 X +1.870
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.547
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.299

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -137.648810 X +16.407
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.702
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.493