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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 "Somewhat unjust, wrong" "Very unjust, definitely wrong"
Period:
Area:
21 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Portugal91.9%
2 France86.4%
3 Spain83.6%
4 Austria81.7%
5 Hungary80.4%
6 Germany76.6%
7 Sweden76.1%
8 Czech Republic69.4%
9 Slovenia66.4%
10 Norway64.7%
11 Slovakia63.0%
12 Japan 62.5%
13 Israel61.9%
14 Canada60.1%
15 Poland59.2%
16 Latvia56.1%
17 New Zealand52.1%
18 Chile52.0%
19 United States49.6%
20 Australia48.3%
21 United Kingdom37.4%

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

No data for 17 countries.

Source
ISSP 1999

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -0.646495 X +7.094
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.220
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.048

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -29409.566134 X +61574.122
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.187
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 3.418571 X +77.869
Correlation coefficient (r)0.143
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -0.287343 X +1.813
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.116
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -3.700567 X +12.512
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.187
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035