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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 "Private companies"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France36.6%
2 United States33.6%
3 Australia24.7%
4 Germany21.2%
5 United Kingdom21.0%
6 Japan 17.8%
7 Sweden11.8%
8 Italy6.5%

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 = 0.495269 X +6.729
Correlation coefficient (r)0.118
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 49878.198161 X +40507.995
Correlation coefficient (r)0.423
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.179

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -9.308807 X +83.740
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.438
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.192

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.362458 X +1.253
Correlation coefficient (r)0.745
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.555

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 16.855491 X +8.763
Correlation coefficient (r)0.498
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.248