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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following 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 Slovenia86.2%
2 Italy84.6%
3 Lithuania84.1%
4 Austria80.2%
5 Chile76.1%
6 Germany73.2%
7 Finland73.1%
8 Iceland70.4%
9 Norway68.8%
10 Israel67.5%
11 United Kingdom66.0%
12 France64.5%
13 Sweden63.3%
14 Czech Republic62.2%
15 Switzerland61.4%
16 Australia56.4%
17 Japan 55.5%
18 New Zealand54.4%
19 Denmark52.5%
20 United States45.9%

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 = -0.559370 X +7.317
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.144
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.021

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -86803.525091 X +110657.743
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.424
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.180

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -3.319480 X +83.475
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.143
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -0.591712 X +2.053
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.188
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 1.682464 X +9.314
Correlation coefficient (r)0.054
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003