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Question: On the whole, do you think it should or should not be the government's responsibility to reduce income differences between the rich and the poor?
Choices: "Definately should be" "Probably should be" "Probably should not be" "Definately should not be"
Data: % of "Definately should be" "Probably should be"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Slovenia95.9%
2 Chile95.8%
3 Portugal92.1%
4 Ireland90.9%
5 Poland90.4%
6 Israel88.0%
7 Hungary87.0%
8 Slovakia86.5%
9 Germany85.1%
10 Spain84.1%
11 United States82.3%
12 Norway81.2%
13 France80.9%
14 Netherlands80.0%
15 Italy78.2%
16 Austria77.4%
17 Switzerland 73.1%
18 Australia68.5%
19 Japan68.4%
20 Latvia67.4%
21 New Zealand66.0%
22 Czech Republic62.6%
23 Canada61.5%
24 Denmark44.5%

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

No data for 14 countries.

Source
ISSP 1998

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -1.418363 X +7.828
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.400
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.160

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -43455.020158 X +81785.495
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.203
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.041

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -4.410687 X +83.894
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.168
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.028

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 0.120323 X +1.518
Correlation coefficient (r)0.044
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -2.863606 X +11.936
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.128
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016