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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statement: Most politicians in my country do not care about reducing the differences in income between people with high incomes and people with low incomes.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy85.7%
2 France80.4%
3 Japan 75.6%
4 Germany74.9%
5 Australia73.6%
6 United States73.5%
7 United Kingdom73.3%
8 Sweden65.8%

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 = -4.746593 X +10.413
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.645
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.416

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -139988.819320 X +156788.200
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.679
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.461

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 4.382826 X +78.423
Correlation coefficient (r)0.118
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -1.332311 X +2.551
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.417
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.174

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -30.204873 X +35.172
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.511
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.261