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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following 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:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany67.0%
2 France66.1%
3 Sweden60.5%
4 United Kingdom58.7%
5 Japan 49.8%
6 Australia45.8%
7 United States32.8%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 2017

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.260314 X +6.748
Correlation coefficient (r)0.075
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -52944.591000 X +82362.865
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.599
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.359

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 7.162348 X +77.748
Correlation coefficient (r)0.382
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.146

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.274487 X +1.442
Correlation coefficient (r)0.228
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.052

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -9.226123 X +18.246
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.416
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.173