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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 "Very just, definitely right" "Somewhat just, right"
Period:
Area:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United Kingdom41.7%
2 New Zealand36.7%
3 Japan 36.2%
4 United States34.8%
5 Republic of Korea33.1%
6 Israel31.6%
7 Australia27.4%
8 Lithuania26.0%
9 Estonia24.8%
10 Czech Republic24.1%
11 Spain23.2%
12 Chile21.9%
13 Portugal21.8%
14 Poland17.2%
15 Norway15.8%
16 Finland13.6%
17 Denmark13.5%
18 Slovakia13.4%
19 Sweden13.0%
20 Turkiye12.7%
21 Italy11.9%
22 Switzerland11.8%
23 Latvia11.3%
24 Austria10.8%
25 Germany10.0%
26 Slovenia9.5%
27 Iceland9.2%
28 France8.6%
29 Hungary7.0%
30 Belgium5.1%

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

No data for 8 countries.

Source
ISSP 2009

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -0.270425 X +6.738
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.048
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -4392.198513 X +44179.458
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.019
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 3.202199 X +79.560
Correlation coefficient (r)0.096
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -0.071015 X +1.604
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.021
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 3.685197 X +9.866
Correlation coefficient (r)0.091
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008