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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following 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: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Lithuania87.3%
2 Slovakia81.3%
3 Spain80.2%
4 Hungary78.3%
5 Finland73.9%
6 Austria72.9%
7 Mexico71.5%
8 Israel69.4%
9 Germany67.0%
10 France66.1%
11 Iceland65.9%
12 Sweden60.5%
13 United Kingdom58.7%
14 Switzerland57.1%
15 Czech Republic52.8%
16 Denmark50.0%
17 Japan 49.8%
18 New Zealand47.4%
19 Australia45.8%
20 United States32.8%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 18 countries.

Source
ISSP 2017

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -0.603210 X +7.256
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.177
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.031

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -85102.535599 X +101075.943
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.555
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.308

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -9.100378 X +85.853
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.319
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.102

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -0.202039 X +1.796
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.079
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -0.098390 X +10.279
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.004
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000