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Question: Is it just or unjust ? right or wrong ? that people with higher incomes can buy better education for their children 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 "Very just, definitely right" "Somewhat just, right"
Period:
Area:
21 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United Kingdom44.9%
2 Chile34.6%
3 Australia33.3%
4 United States31.6%
5 New Zealand31.0%
6 Israel28.5%
7 Latvia28.3%
8 Canada28.2%
9 Poland23.5%
10 Portugal21.0%
11 Japan17.9%
12 Norway15.1%
13 Slovenia14.3%
14 Slovakia14.1%
15 Germany11.3%
16 Sweden 11.1%
17 Czech Republic9.4%
18 Spain7.6%
19 Austria7.3%
20 Hungary5.8%
21 France5.2%

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 = 0.470210 X +6.575
Correlation coefficient (r)0.128
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 24222.934744 X +37365.512
Correlation coefficient (r)0.123
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -0.759986 X +80.268
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.025
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 0.404567 X +1.543
Correlation coefficient (r)0.130
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -0.681294 X +10.219
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.027
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001