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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 "Trade unions"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden17.1%
2 Germany9.0%
3 Italy7.2%
4 United States5.7%
5 France 5.1%
6 Australia4.5%
7 Japan3.8%
8 United Kingdom2.4%

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 = 5.063668 X +6.352
Correlation coefficient (r)0.588
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.346

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 48989.483940 X +46875.595
Correlation coefficient (r)0.152
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.023

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 7.831609 X +81.201
Correlation coefficient (r)0.143
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.630628 X +1.526
Correlation coefficient (r)0.146
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.021

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 12.181830 X +9.103
Correlation coefficient (r)0.169
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.029