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Question: Who do you think should have the greatest responsibility for reducing differences in income between people with high incomes and people with low incomes?
Choices: "Private companies" "Government" "Trade unions" "High-income individuals themselves" "Low-income individuals themselves" "Income differences do not need to be reduced"
Data: % of "Income differences do not need to be reduced"
Period:
Area:
19 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Denmark15.3%
2 United States11.4%
3 Australia9.3%
4 Sweden 8.1%
5 New Zealand7.9%
6 Finland6.8%
7 Japan6.5%
8 Czech Republic5.0%
9 United Kingdom4.9%
10 Israel4.7%
10 Switzerland4.7%
12 Germany4.1%
13 France3.2%
14 Iceland3.1%
15 Austria2.9%
16 Italy1.5%
17 Lithuania1.4%
18 Chile1.2%
19 Slovenia0.9%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 19 countries.

Source
ISSP 2019

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 5.011120 X +6.650
Correlation coefficient (r)0.424
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.180

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 286844.991541 X +33869.974
Correlation coefficient (r)0.537
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.288

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 7.123771 X +80.751
Correlation coefficient (r)0.100
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 0.973730 X +1.607
Correlation coefficient (r)0.100
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -0.282759 X +10.491
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.003
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000