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Question: Who do you think should have the greatest responsibility for reducing differences in income between people with high incomes and people with low incomes?
Choices: "Private companies" "Government" "Trade unions" "High-income individuals themselves" "Low-income individuals themselves" "Income differences do not need to be reduced"
Data: % of "Income differences do not need to be reduced"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States11.4%
2 Australia9.3%
3 Sweden8.1%
4 Japan 6.5%
5 United Kingdom4.9%
6 Germany4.1%
7 France3.2%
8 Italy1.5%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2019

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 5.384444 X +6.507
Correlation coefficient (r)0.420
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.176

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 315203.142138 X +32000.433
Correlation coefficient (r)0.878
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.771

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -22.730499 X +83.117
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.352
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.124

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.743983 X +1.441
Correlation coefficient (r)0.313
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.098

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 68.968966 X +8.188
Correlation coefficient (r)0.670
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.449