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Question: Who do you think should have the greatest responsibility for reducing differences in income between people with high incomes and people with low incomes?
Choices: "Private companies" "Government" "Trade unions" "High-income individuals themselves" "Low-income individuals themselves" "Income differences do not need to be reduced"
Data: % of "Government"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy81.6%
2 United Kingdom66.7%
3 Japan62.0%
4 Germany59.7%
5 Sweden58.1%
6 Australia53.3%
7 France 46.3%
8 United States35.1%

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 = -0.906399 X +7.223
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.315
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.099

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -79734.270580 X +96357.651
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.741
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.549

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 10.190221 X +75.842
Correlation coefficient (r)0.558
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.311

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -1.079408 X +2.193
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.748
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.560

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -19.466721 X +21.199
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.808
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.653