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Question: Is it just or unjust ? right or wrong ? that people with higher incomes can buy better health care than people with lower incomes?
Choices: "Very just, definitely right" "Somewhat just, right" "Neither just nor unjust, mixed feelings" "Somewhat unjust, wrong" "Very unjust, definitely wrong"
Data: % of "Very just, definitely right" "Somewhat just, right"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United Kingdom42.2%
2 Australia30.4%
3 United States28.2%
4 Canada22.1%
5 Japan 18.6%
6 Germany11.5%
7 Sweden10.6%
8 France2.2%

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

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 1999

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.334931 X +6.837
Correlation coefficient (r)0.107
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 19737.773935 X +49291.721
Correlation coefficient (r)0.250
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.062

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -4.416063 X +82.565
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.264
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.070

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.409329 X +1.652
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.342
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.117

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -10.741775 X +15.276
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.533
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.284