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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with each of these statements? - It is the responsibility of the government to reduce the differences in income between people with high incomes and those with low incomes
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Slovenia86.5%
2 Portugal83.6%
3 Spain80.4%
4 Finland76.9%
5 Israel75.8%
6 Chile74.9%
7 Mexico70.5%
8 Ireland67.8%
9 Norway67.0%
10 Switzerland66.5%
11 Austria64.4%
12 Latvia63.6%
13 United States62.9%
14 Germany56.6%
15 Czech Republic56.2%
16 Denmark55.4%
17 Canada51.3%
18 New Zealand43.1%
19 Japan 42.3%
20 Netherlands29.9%

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

No data for 18 countries.

Source
ISSP 2000

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -0.510801 X +7.166
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.158
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.025

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -31715.808845 X +70496.843
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.166
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.028

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -2.817231 X +82.252
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.114
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 0.244599 X +1.476
Correlation coefficient (r)0.100
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -2.885986 X +11.617
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.138
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.019