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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:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy75.4%
2 France74.2%
3 Germany69.4%
4 United States67.7%
5 Japan 64.5%
6 Australia51.7%
7 Canada50.5%

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 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 1996

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.770837 X +7.917
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.444
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.197

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -57141.956319 X +87768.804
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.468
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.219

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -4.269172 X +84.508
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.188
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.217934 X +1.367
Correlation coefficient (r)0.110
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -5.035898 X +15.905
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.165
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027