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Question: How successful do you think the government is nowadays in reducing the differences in income between people with high incomes and people with low incomes?
Choices: "Very successful" "Quite successful" "Neither successful nor unsuccessful" "Quite unsuccessful" "Very unsuccessful"
Data: % of "Very successful" "Quite successful"
Period:
Area:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Chile25.2%
2 New Zealand16.5%
3 Czech Republic15.5%
4 Norway10.8%
5 Austria10.2%
6 Finland10.1%
7 Italy8.3%
8 Iceland6.7%
9 Denmark6.5%
10 Switzerland5.6%
11 Slovenia5.4%
12 Australia5.3%
13 United Kingdom5.0%
14 Sweden4.9%
15 Germany4.4%
16 Israel3.5%
17 Japan 3.4%
17 United States3.4%
19 France2.9%
20 Lithuania2.8%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 18 countries.

Source
ISSP 2019

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -1.024691 X +7.104
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.118
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -113280.148150 X +60479.358
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.314
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.099

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -1.919871 X +81.490
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.048
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -0.848561 X +1.688
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.145
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.021

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -25.059986 X +15.035
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.310
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.096