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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 Philippines74.7%
2 Taiwan62.8%
3 South Africa49.3%
4 Lithuania42.1%
5 China41.5%
6 Denmark34.5%
7 Australia33.5%
8 United States 33.2%
9 Republic of Korea31.7%
10 Finland30.2%
11 United Kingdom29.3%
12 Chile26.5%
13 Portugal25.8%
14 Turkiye21.3%
15 Poland20.8%
16 Bulgaria19.1%
17 Israel17.7%
18 Russian Federation16.4%
19 Japan15.0%
20 Norway14.8%
21 Spain14.7%
22 Czech Republic13.7%
23 Croatia13.3%
24 Belgium13.2%
25 Slovakia13.1%
26 Switzerland12.5%
27 Sweden11.2%
28 Italy9.9%
29 France9.8%
30 Slovenia9.7%
31 Netherlands7.6%
32 Germany7.4%

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 = -1.188091 X +6.807
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.250
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.062

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = -44255.790167 X +48444.491
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.302
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.091

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -15.783733 X +82.865
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.523
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.274

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 0.956991 X +1.403
Correlation coefficient (r)0.366
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.134

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -1.277295 X +13.607
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.029
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001