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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 Germany85.1%
2 United States82.3%
3 France80.9%
4 Italy78.2%
5 Australia68.5%
6 Japan 68.4%
7 Canada61.5%

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 1998

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.331402 X +6.522
Correlation coefficient (r)0.073
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 5548.321673 X +46596.694
Correlation coefficient (r)0.040
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -13.709338 X +92.023
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.531
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.282

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.923736 X +0.816
Correlation coefficient (r)0.409
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.167

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.929591 X +11.946
Correlation coefficient (r)0.027
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001