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Question: Is it just or unjust ? right or wrong ? that people with higher incomes can buy better health care 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 Kingdom42.6%
2 Israel35.7%
3 New Zealand33.1%
4 United States31.4%
5 Japan 31.1%
6 Australia28.9%
7 Czech Republic28.8%
8 Lithuania28.4%
9 Spain26.2%
10 Estonia24.8%
11 Republic of Korea23.5%
12 Chile22.5%
13 Finland21.3%
14 Denmark19.3%
15 Norway18.7%
15 Switzerland18.7%
17 Poland17.3%
18 Slovakia16.3%
19 Sweden14.0%
20 Portugal13.3%
21 Italy13.0%
21 Latvia13.0%
23 Germany12.6%
24 Austria12.5%
25 Turkiye9.3%
26 Slovenia8.7%
27 Hungary7.7%
28 Iceland7.4%
29 Belgium5.5%
30 France2.8%

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 = 1.017692 X +6.487
Correlation coefficient (r)0.174
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.030

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 23482.244648 X +38728.016
Correlation coefficient (r)0.099
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 2.365430 X +79.713
Correlation coefficient (r)0.069
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 0.323309 X +1.527
Correlation coefficient (r)0.093
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 0.650245 X +10.448
Correlation coefficient (r)0.015
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000