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Question: Is it just or unjust ? right or wrong ? that people with higher incomes can buy better health care than people with lower incomes?
Choices: "Very just, definitely right" "Somewhat just, right" "Neither just nor unjust, mixed feelings" "Somewhat unjust, wrong" "Very unjust, definitely wrong"
Data: % of "Very just, definitely right" "Somewhat just, right"
Period:
Area:
21 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United Kingdom42.2%
2 Chile37.0%
3 Latvia31.5%
4 Australia30.4%
5 New Zealand28.2%
5 United States28.2%
7 Israel26.3%
8 Poland23.2%
9 Canada22.1%
10 Slovenia19.2%
11 Norway19.0%
12 Slovakia18.8%
13 Japan18.6%
14 Czech Republic15.4%
15 Germany11.5%
16 Sweden10.6%
17 Spain 8.6%
18 Austria8.0%
19 Hungary6.9%
20 Portugal3.2%
21 France2.2%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 17 countries.

Source
ISSP 1999

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 0.495099 X +6.633
Correlation coefficient (r)0.112
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 12121.944776 X +39236.604
Correlation coefficient (r)0.068
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -2.175327 X +80.864
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.089
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 0.489574 X +1.503
Correlation coefficient (r)0.165
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -6.655163 X +14.036
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.199
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.040