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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:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Lithuania80.6%
2 Austria80.2%
3 Slovenia79.6%
4 Italy77.5%
5 Slovakia75.8%
6 Germany72.4%
7 Hungary71.4%
8 Iceland68.9%
9 Norway68.5%
10 Switzerland66.9%
11 Finland66.6%
12 France64.6%
13 Sweden62.5%
14 Spain61.1%
15 Denmark58.5%
16 New Zealand56.9%
17 Japan 56.1%
18 Republic of Korea54.7%
19 Australia52.9%
20 United States34.5%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 18 countries.

Source
ISSP 2020

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -0.132925 X +6.902
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.029
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -68839.744382 X +95336.067
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.325
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.106

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -5.492727 X +84.658
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.190
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.036

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -0.013243 X +1.528
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.006
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -4.998877 X +14.620
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.139
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.019