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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:
29 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Bulgaria91.7%
2 Croatia89.7%
3 Italy85.7%
4 Russian Federation85.3%
5 Slovenia82.4%
6 Israel81.7%
7 Suriname80.9%
8 France80.4%
9 Taiwan79.6%
10 Thailand77.3%
11 Lithuania76.7%
12 Japan75.6%
13 Germany74.9%
14 South Africa74.7%
15 Switzerland73.7%
16 Australia73.6%
17 United States73.5%
18 United Kingdom73.3%
18 Venezuela73.3%
20 Chile70.8%
21 Austria70.5%
22 Czech Republic70.4%
23 Finland 69.9%
24 Sweden65.8%
25 Iceland61.0%
26 Philippines58.7%
27 New Zealand56.2%
28 Norway53.7%
29 Denmark46.0%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 209 countries.

Source
ISSP 2019

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -3.615075 X +9.280
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.486
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.236

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -114510.834661 X +122991.809
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.464
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.215

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -12.078408 X +87.632
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.259
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.067

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -0.115449 X +1.796
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.031
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 15.837270 X +1.802
Correlation coefficient (r)0.267
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.071