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Question: Is it just or unjust ? right or wrong ? that people with higher incomes can buy better education for their children 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 "Somewhat unjust, wrong" "Very unjust, definitely wrong"
Period:
Area:
21 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Spain83.9%
2 Hungary82.0%
3 France80.5%
4 Austria78.2%
5 Czech Republic77.4%
6 Germany76.1%
7 Sweden74.8%
8 Slovenia74.2%
9 Slovakia70.1%
10 Portugal69.6%
11 Norway68.2%
12 Latvia61.7%
13 Poland61.6%
14 Japan 60.0%
15 Israel59.3%
16 Canada56.6%
17 Chile54.0%
18 New Zealand50.4%
19 Australia48.9%
20 United States48.2%
21 United Kingdom37.5%

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 = -0.555088 X +7.033
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.172
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.030

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -41246.161996 X +69227.300
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.238
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.057

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -0.836597 X +80.661
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.032
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -0.265227 X +1.798
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.097
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -1.173346 X +10.848
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.054
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003