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Question: Is it fair or unfair that people with higher incomes can afford better education for their children than people with lower incomes?
Choices: "Very fair" "Somewhat fair" "Neither fair nor unfair" "Somewhat unfair" "Very unfair"
Data: % of "Very fair" "Somewhat fair"
Period:
Area:
32 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Philippines73.6%
2 Taiwan 49.5%
3 South Africa47.3%
4 Lithuania43.2%
5 Finland42.8%
6 China39.7%
7 Australia30.1%
8 United Kingdom28.6%
9 United States26.3%
10 Republic of Korea25.1%
11 Chile24.0%
12 Denmark21.6%
13 Turkiye21.2%
14 Portugal16.4%
15 Poland16.1%
16 Israel14.8%
17 Russian Federation14.7%
18 Switzerland13.8%
19 Japan13.1%
19 Spain13.1%
21 Bulgaria12.5%
21 Slovakia12.5%
23 Czech Republic12.2%
23 Norway12.2%
25 Belgium10.6%
26 Italy10.2%
27 Croatia9.6%
28 Sweden8.7%
29 Slovenia7.7%
30 France7.2%
31 Germany7.1%
32 Netherlands6.7%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 206 countries.

Source
ISSP 2011

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = -1.040448 X +6.744
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.214
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.046

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = -45460.855054 X +47542.064
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.302
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.091

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -14.883454 X +82.318
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.504
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.254

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 0.916496 X +1.433
Correlation coefficient (r)0.359
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.129

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -1.269473 X +13.576
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.030
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001