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Question: To what extent do you agree with the following statements? - Present economic differences between rich and poor countries are too large.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany92.2%
2 Japan 92.0%
3 France91.8%
4 Australia83.9%
5 Sweden82.8%
6 United Kingdom82.2%
7 Canada81.7%
8 United States65.3%

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 = -1.787365 X +8.408
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.395
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.156

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -89048.477681 X +128171.965
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.782
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.612

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 18.715946 X +65.931
Correlation coefficient (r)0.777
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.604

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.208292 X +1.742
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.121
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -5.276858 X +17.482
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.182
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.033