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Question: Generally, how would you describe taxes in this country today for those with high incomes? Taxes are...
Choices: "much too high" "too high" "about right" "too low" "much too low"
Data: % of "too low" "much too low"
Period:
Area:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Lithuania63.9%
2 United States60.9%
3 Slovenia60.6%
4 Japan 57.1%
5 Switzerland57.0%
6 Austria55.3%
7 Chile53.6%
8 Germany53.5%
9 Norway51.1%
10 Iceland50.7%
11 France50.3%
12 Sweden48.6%
13 Finland46.4%
14 Australia45.8%
15 Czech Republic42.6%
16 United Kingdom40.0%
17 New Zealand36.9%
18 Denmark35.3%
19 Israel30.4%
20 Italy18.2%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 18 countries.

Source
ISSP 2019

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -0.564062 X +7.211
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.146
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.021

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 11568.346157 X +46683.555
Correlation coefficient (r)0.057
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -7.640241 X +84.900
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.330
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.109

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -0.959240 X +2.114
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.306
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.094

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 23.385707 X -0.757
Correlation coefficient (r)0.751
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.564