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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? - It is the responsibility of the government to reduce the differences in income between people with high incomes and those 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 Lithuania87.3%
2 Russian Federation87.1%
3 Thailand85.5%
4 Croatia82.5%
5 Slovakia81.3%
6 Spain80.2%
7 Hungary78.3%
8 Suriname75.0%
9 India74.2%
10 Finland73.9%
11 China73.2%
12 Austria72.9%
13 Mexico71.5%
14 Israel69.4%
15 South Africa69.1%
16 Germany67.0%
17 France66.1%
18 Iceland65.9%
19 Taiwan61.5%
20 Sweden60.5%
21 United Kingdom58.7%
22 Switzerland57.1%
23 Czech Republic52.8%
24 Denmark50.0%
25 Japan49.8%
26 Philippines 48.9%
27 New Zealand47.4%
28 Australia45.8%
29 United States32.8%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 209 countries.

Source
ISSP 2017

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -2.396627 X +8.133
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.383
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.147

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -95820.033003 X +99583.461
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.544
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.296

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -11.503309 X +85.919
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.328
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.108

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -0.207201 X +1.871
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.075
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 12.298819 X +5.315
Correlation coefficient (r)0.292
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.085