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Question: Is it just or unjust ? right or wrong ? that people with higher incomes can buy better health care than people with lower incomes?
Choices: "Very just, definitely right" "Somewhat just, right" "Neither just nor unjust, mixed feelings" "Somewhat unjust, wrong" "Very unjust, definitely wrong"
Data: % of "Somewhat unjust, wrong" "Very unjust, definitely wrong"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France86.4%
2 Germany76.6%
3 Sweden76.1%
4 Japan 62.5%
5 Canada60.1%
6 United States49.6%
7 Australia48.3%
8 United Kingdom37.4%

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

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 1999

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.137550 X +6.992
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.057
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -17379.742552 X +64179.540
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.288
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.083

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 3.349892 X +79.569
Correlation coefficient (r)0.262
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.069

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.331030 X +1.362
Correlation coefficient (r)0.362
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.131

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 6.667092 X +8.908
Correlation coefficient (r)0.432
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.187