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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 "Low-income individuals themselves"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States8.0%
2 Japan 6.9%
3 Australia5.4%
4 United Kingdom3.2%
5 Sweden2.9%
6 Germany2.6%
7 France1.2%
8 Italy1.1%

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 = -1.657932 X +6.901
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.100
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 242615.635530 X +41814.288
Correlation coefficient (r)0.523
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.274

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -19.889473 X +82.503
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.238
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.057

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.420003 X +1.564
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.058
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 80.180617 X +9.275
Correlation coefficient (r)0.603
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.364