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Question: On the whole, do you think it should or should not be the government's responsibility to reduce income differences between the rich and the poor?
Choices: "Definately should be" "Probably should be" "Probably should not be" "Definately should not be"
Data: % of "Definately should be" "Probably should be"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Slovenia95.9%
2 Chile95.8%
3 Portugal92.1%
4 Ireland90.9%
5 Poland90.4%
6 Israel88.0%
7 Hungary87.0%
8 Slovakia86.5%
9 Germany85.1%
10 Spain84.1%
11 United States82.3%
12 Norway81.2%
13 France80.9%
14 Netherlands80.0%
15 Italy78.2%
16 Austria77.4%
17 Switzerland73.1%
18 Australia68.5%
19 Japan 68.4%
20 Latvia67.4%
21 New Zealand66.0%
22 Czech Republic62.6%
23 Canada61.5%
24 Denmark44.5%

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

No data for 14 countries.

Source
ISSP 1998

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -1.747065 X +8.169
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.422
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.178

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -45602.765817 X +82571.459
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.234
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.055

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -3.515424 X +83.453
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.170
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.029

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 0.231668 X +1.397
Correlation coefficient (r)0.092
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -2.085451 X +14.061
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.073
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005