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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:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Chile92.7%
2 Slovenia92.2%
3 Turkiye89.8%
4 Spain89.3%
5 Hungary88.2%
6 Slovakia87.8%
7 Israel85.6%
8 Iceland82.6%
8 Lithuania82.6%
10 Germany80.9%
11 Belgium80.8%
12 Latvia80.5%
13 France79.5%
14 Republic of Korea79.1%
15 Finland78.7%
16 Norway78.2%
17 United Kingdom70.9%
18 Switzerland69.3%
19 Sweden66.8%
20 Japan 65.3%
21 Czech Republic64.8%
22 New Zealand64.4%
23 Australia59.9%
24 Denmark56.6%
25 United States55.9%

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 13 countries.

Source
ISSP 2016

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -2.838685 X +8.961
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.461
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.213

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -111898.801050 X +131264.582
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.559
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.312

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -6.192828 X +85.386
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.247
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.061

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 0.324276 X +1.354
Correlation coefficient (r)0.105
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -1.543717 X +15.027
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.030
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001