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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: "Agree strongly" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Disagree strongly"
Data: % of "Agree strongly" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France75.2%
2 Republic of Korea69.0%
3 Germany61.5%
4 Sweden59.1%
5 United Kingdom54.8%
6 Japan 54.2%
7 Canada53.0%
8 Australia46.3%
9 United States30.3%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2010

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -1.326816 X +7.541
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.347
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.120

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -64598.648555 X +87449.955
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.741
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.549

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 9.201518 X +76.698
Correlation coefficient (r)0.573
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.328

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -0.404913 X +1.713
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.186
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 11.250978 X +8.485
Correlation coefficient (r)0.255
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.065