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Question: On the whole, do you think it should or should not be the government's responsibility to reduce income differences between the rich and the poor?
Choices: "Definately should be" "Probably should be" "Probably should not be" "Definately should not be"
Data: % of "Definately should be" "Probably should be"
Period:
Area:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Chile92.7%
2 Slovenia92.2%
3 Turkiye89.8%
4 Spain89.3%
5 Hungary88.2%
6 Slovakia87.8%
7 Israel85.6%
8 Iceland82.6%
8 Lithuania82.6%
10 Germany80.9%
11 Belgium80.8%
12 Latvia80.5%
13 France79.5%
14 Republic of Korea79.1%
15 Finland78.7%
16 Norway78.2%
17 United Kingdom70.9%
18 Switzerland69.3%
19 Sweden66.8%
20 Japan 65.3%
21 Czech Republic64.8%
22 New Zealand64.4%
23 Australia59.9%
24 Denmark56.6%
25 United States55.9%

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

No data for 13 countries.

Source
ISSP 2016

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -2.116816 X +8.365
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.388
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.151

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -112415.890899 X +132151.883
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.513
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.263

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -7.942198 X +86.423
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.254
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.065

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 0.128701 X +1.527
Correlation coefficient (r)0.040
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -4.231190 X +14.216
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.110
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012