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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 "Private companies"
Period:
Area:
19 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France36.6%
2 United States33.6%
3 Switzerland32.2%
4 New Zealand28.3%
5 Australia24.7%
6 Germany21.2%
7 United Kingdom21.0%
8 Chile 20.3%
9 Japan17.8%
10 Czech Republic15.6%
11 Iceland15.3%
12 Finland13.9%
13 Denmark13.1%
14 Austria12.0%
15 Sweden11.8%
16 Lithuania10.8%
17 Slovenia10.3%
18 Israel7.3%
19 Italy6.5%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 19 countries.

Source
ISSP 2019

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -0.911746 X +7.091
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.184
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.034

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 82701.172067 X +34070.356
Correlation coefficient (r)0.369
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.136

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 0.442989 X +81.055
Correlation coefficient (r)0.015
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -0.413584 X +1.737
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.101
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 2.777943 X +9.960
Correlation coefficient (r)0.068
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005