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Question: On the whole, do you think it should or should not be the government's responsibility to reduce income differences between the rich and the poor?
Choices: "Definately should be" "Probably should be" "Probably should not be" "Definately should not be"
Data: % of "Definately should be" "Probably should be"
Period:
Area:
18 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Spain90.1%
2 Slovenia85.0%
3 Poland84.1%
4 Israel83.3%
5 Hungary78.7%
6 Ireland78.1%
7 Italy75.4%
8 France74.2%
9 Norway73.2%
10 Latvia72.2%
11 Switzerland70.6%
12 Germany69.4%
13 United States67.7%
14 Japan 64.5%
15 Czech Republic61.7%
16 Australia51.7%
17 Canada50.5%
18 New Zealand47.0%

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 = -0.858078 X +7.311
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.268
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.072

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -40193.295438 X +78725.175
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.174
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.030

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -4.981577 X +84.169
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.173
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.030

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 0.256919 X +1.447
Correlation coefficient (r)0.081
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -6.952558 X +14.964
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.272
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.074