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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: "Agree strongly" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Disagree strongly"
Data: % of "Agree strongly" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy77.5%
2 Germany 72.4%
3 France64.6%
4 Sweden62.5%
5 Japan56.1%
6 Republic of Korea54.7%
7 Australia52.9%
8 United States34.5%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2020

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.231909 X +6.750
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.067
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -76609.295889 X +94106.922
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.630
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.397

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 10.091168 X +76.093
Correlation coefficient (r)0.524
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.275

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.213512 X +1.602
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.085
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -24.408466 X +26.221
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.659
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.434