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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:
30 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 Russian Federation83.4%
12 Bulgaria83.1%
13 United States82.3%
14 Norway81.2%
15 France80.9%
16 Netherlands80.0%
17 Italy78.2%
18 Austria77.4%
19 Cyprus76.0%
20 Syrian Arab Republic73.4%
21 Switzerland73.1%
22 Australia 68.5%
23 Japan68.4%
24 Latvia67.4%
25 New Zealand66.0%
26 Philippines65.7%
27 Czech Republic62.6%
28 Canada61.5%
29 Uruguay46.9%
30 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 208 countries.

Source
ISSP 1998

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -1.222752 X +7.584
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.261
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.068

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -13084.432759 X +51356.991
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.067
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -0.327371 X +79.776
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.011
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -0.372240 X +1.936
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.122
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -2.309675 X +13.847
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.056
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003