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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 "Government"
Period:
Area:
19 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy81.6%
2 Lithuania78.9%
3 Slovenia77.2%
4 Chile70.4%
5 Israel69.5%
6 United Kingdom66.7%
7 Austria63.2%
8 Iceland62.0%
8 Japan62.0%
10 Germany59.7%
11 Czech Republic58.7%
12 Sweden58.1%
13 Finland56.1%
14 Australia53.3%
15 New Zealand48.9%
16 Denmark46.9%
17 France46.3%
18 Switzerland 44.3%
19 United States35.1%

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 = -1.040452 X +7.545
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.292
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.085

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -108885.967806 X +114673.436
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.676
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.457

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -2.523244 X +82.649
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.118
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -0.207863 X +1.785
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.071
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -1.549271 X +11.404
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.053
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003