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Question: Generally, how would you describe taxes in the country today for those with high incomes? Taxes are...
Choices: "much too high" "too high" "about right" "too low" "much too low"
Data: % of "much too high" "too high"
Period:
Area:
18 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Ireland54.0%
2 Israel47.0%
3 Poland42.2%
4 Canada32.3%
5 France31.8%
6 Italy28.9%
7 New Zealand27.5%
8 Norway24.6%
9 Japan 24.2%
10 Australia22.1%
11 Spain20.6%
12 Hungary20.2%
13 Latvia18.9%
14 Switzerland18.2%
15 United States18.1%
16 Czech Republic17.2%
17 Germany15.1%
18 Slovenia12.0%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 20 countries.

Source
ISSP 1996

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 0.724536 X +6.511
Correlation coefficient (r)0.212
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.045

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 61303.644656 X +34027.388
Correlation coefficient (r)0.248
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.062

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 5.094447 X +79.289
Correlation coefficient (r)0.165
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 1.261543 X +1.297
Correlation coefficient (r)0.370
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.137

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -11.863132 X +13.160
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.434
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.188