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Question: Is it just or unjust ? right or wrong ? that people with higher incomes can buy better health care than people with lower incomes?
Choices: "Very just, definitely right" "Somewhat just, right" "Neither just nor unjust, mixed feelings" "Somewhat unjust, wrong" "Very unjust, definitely wrong"
Data: % of "Very just, definitely right" "Somewhat just, right"
Period:
Area:
21 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United Kingdom42.2%
2 Chile37.0%
3 Latvia31.5%
4 Australia30.4%
5 New Zealand28.2%
5 United States28.2%
7 Israel26.3%
8 Poland23.2%
9 Canada22.1%
10 Slovenia19.2%
11 Norway19.0%
12 Slovakia18.8%
13 Japan18.6%
14 Czech Republic15.4%
15 Germany11.5%
16 Sweden10.6%
17 Spain8.6%
18 Austria 8.0%
19 Hungary6.9%
20 Portugal3.2%
21 France2.2%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 17 countries.

Source
ISSP 1999

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 0.676041 X +6.537
Correlation coefficient (r)0.178
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.032

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 18713.086794 X +38592.929
Correlation coefficient (r)0.092
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -4.829624 X +81.060
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.156
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.024

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 0.496693 X +1.527
Correlation coefficient (r)0.155
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.024

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 2.311319 X +9.628
Correlation coefficient (r)0.090
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008