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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:
29 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Slovenia85.3%
2 Portugal84.5%
3 Lithuania83.1%
4 Israel80.9%
5 Turkiye79.2%
6 Spain78.9%
7 Latvia78.6%
8 Slovakia75.4%
9 France75.2%
10 Belgium74.0%
11 Finland73.3%
12 Mexico70.1%
13 Republic of Korea69.0%
14 Austria68.3%
15 Netherlands65.5%
16 Iceland64.8%
17 Germany61.5%
18 Denmark60.2%
19 Chile 59.6%
20 Sweden59.1%
21 Czech Republic58.0%
22 Switzerland56.7%
23 Norway55.8%
24 United Kingdom54.8%
25 Japan54.2%
26 Canada53.0%
27 Australia46.3%
28 New Zealand44.2%
29 United States30.3%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 9 countries.

Source
ISSP 2010

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -1.169036 X +7.533
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.270
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.073

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -94231.907475 X +107407.441
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.533
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.284

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -5.870187 X +84.190
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.215
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.046

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 0.216289 X +1.472
Correlation coefficient (r)0.084
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -1.092184 X +11.226
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.035
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001