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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 "Somewhat unjust, wrong" "Very unjust, definitely wrong"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France83.7%
2 Germany72.5%
3 Italy71.3%
4 Sweden69.1%
5 Republic of Korea55.6%
6 Australia47.6%
7 United States46.4%
8 Japan 45.7%
9 United Kingdom33.4%

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

No data for 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2009

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 0.223155 X +6.606
Correlation coefficient (r)0.074
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -15096.240159 X +58283.839
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.200
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.040

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 1.456540 X +81.061
Correlation coefficient (r)0.115
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 0.319911 X +1.282
Correlation coefficient (r)0.180
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.032

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -1.358282 X +15.004
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.036
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001