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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:
23 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Portugal93.7%
2 Chile91.0%
3 Slovenia90.8%
4 Poland87.7%
5 Spain86.3%
6 Hungary85.6%
6 Israel85.6%
8 Latvia83.3%
9 Republic of Korea80.6%
10 Ireland79.5%
11 Finland77.8%
12 France77.7%
13 Norway74.1%
14 Germany72.2%
15 Netherlands71.9%
16 United States69.3%
17 Canada67.8%
18 Switzerland67.7%
19 Japan 66.0%
20 Australia60.6%
21 Denmark55.3%
22 Czech Republic54.6%
23 New Zealand50.2%

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

No data for 15 countries.

Source
ISSP 2006

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -2.547114 X +8.733
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.536
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.287

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -84274.008946 X +111177.889
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.427
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.182

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -5.014223 X +84.709
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.241
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.058

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -0.003983 X +1.563
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.001
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = 3.348449 X +10.900
Correlation coefficient (r)0.086
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007