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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 "Government"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy81.6%
2 United Kingdom66.7%
3 Japan 62.0%
4 Germany59.7%
5 Sweden58.1%
6 Australia53.3%
7 France46.3%
8 United States35.1%

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 = -1.018247 X +7.426
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.330
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.109

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -63655.267614 X +88131.197
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.736
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.542

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 7.896551 X +77.157
Correlation coefficient (r)0.507
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.257

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -1.016887 X +2.136
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.758
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.575

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -19.746996 X +23.836
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.796
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.634