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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statement: Most politicians in my country do not care about reducing the differences in income between people with high incomes and people with low incomes.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy85.7%
2 Slovenia82.4%
3 Israel81.7%
4 France80.4%
5 Lithuania76.7%
6 Japan75.6%
7 Germany74.9%
8 Switzerland73.7%
9 Australia73.6%
10 United States73.5%
11 United Kingdom73.3%
12 Chile70.8%
13 Austria 70.5%
14 Czech Republic70.4%
15 Finland69.9%
16 Sweden65.8%
17 Iceland61.0%
18 New Zealand56.2%
19 Norway53.7%
20 Denmark46.0%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 18 countries.

Source
ISSP 2019

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -2.525445 X +8.729
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.575
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.331

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -112097.793490 X +131579.978
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.484
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.234

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -3.329089 X +83.597
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.127
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 0.242383 X +1.483
Correlation coefficient (r)0.068
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 0.322631 X +10.219
Correlation coefficient (r)0.009
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000