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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with each of these statements? - It is the responsibility of the government to reduce the differences in income between people with high incomes and those with low incomes
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
4 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States62.9%
2 Germany56.6%
3 Canada51.3%
4 Japan 42.3%

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

No data for 6 countries.

Source
ISSP 2000

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 4.555750 X +4.342
Correlation coefficient (r)0.815
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.664

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 131827.459192 X -17369.829
Correlation coefficient (r)0.933
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.870

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -33.693638 X +99.075
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.978
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.956

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 1.491246 X +0.683
Correlation coefficient (r)0.968
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.937

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 2.033568 X +12.792
Correlation coefficient (r)0.083
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007