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Question: To what extent do you agree with the following statements? - Present economic differences between rich and poor countries are too large.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Bulgaria97.2%
2 Slovakia96.2%
3 Portugal 94.6%
4 Spain94.1%
5 Hungary94.0%
6 Slovenia93.7%
7 Cyprus93.6%
8 Chile93.2%
9 Russian Federation93.1%
10 Czech Republic92.7%
11 Germany92.2%
12 Austria92.1%
13 Japan92.0%
14 France91.8%
15 Poland91.7%
16 Israel90.6%
17 Norway90.5%
18 Latvia89.2%
19 Australia83.9%
20 New Zealand83.0%
21 Sweden82.8%
22 United Kingdom82.2%
23 Canada81.7%
24 Philippines74.0%
25 United States65.3%

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

No data for 213 countries.
Source
ISSP 1999

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -2.823257 X +9.085
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.353
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.125
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -107769.887926 X +133216.523
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.381
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.145
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 3.261560 X +76.561
Correlation coefficient (r)0.065
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -1.315046 X +2.789
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.276
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.076
Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 7.409434 X +5.724
Correlation coefficient (r)0.108
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012