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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with each of these statements? - It is the responsibility of the government to reduce the differences in income between people with high incomes and those with low incomes
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
6 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy70.4%
2 Germany67.7%
3 United States62.4%
4 Japan 55.6%
5 Canada40.9%
6 Australia40.7%

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

No data for 4 countries.

Source
ISSP 1993

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -1.125057 X +7.417
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.335
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.112

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -37059.717470 X +72599.611
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.367
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.135

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -6.249594 X +85.184
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.327
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.107

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -0.244454 X +1.593
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.207
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.043

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -6.291114 X +15.991
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.247
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.061