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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 "Low-income individuals themselves"
Period:
Area:
19 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States8.0%
2 Japan6.9%
3 New Zealand6.6%
4 Australia5.4%
5 Finland5.1%
6 Czech Republic4.9%
7 United Kingdom3.2%
8 Sweden 2.9%
9 Denmark2.6%
9 Germany2.6%
11 Israel1.8%
11 Switzerland1.8%
13 Lithuania1.6%
14 Austria1.4%
15 France1.2%
16 Italy1.1%
17 Chile0.8%
17 Slovenia0.8%
19 Iceland0.3%

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 = -1.180906 X +6.958
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.062
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 122754.049222 X +45593.058
Correlation coefficient (r)0.143
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -8.983760 X +81.416
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.079
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -1.876345 X +1.718
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.120
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 37.078886 X +9.324
Correlation coefficient (r)0.238
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.057