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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? - Differences in income in the country 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 France86.8%
2 Germany82.2%
3 United Kingdom81.3%
4 Sweden71.1%
5 Australia70.9%
6 Japan 69.1%
7 Canada68.2%
8 United States66.2%

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 = -0.157591 X +7.024
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.030
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -65258.897572 X +101983.939
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.500
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.250

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.818290 X +80.296
Correlation coefficient (r)0.066
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.004951 X +0.819
Correlation coefficient (r)0.508
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.258

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -15.460240 X +24.564
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.464
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.215