FSD1260 Finnish National Election Study 2003

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Question text

Wages earned by employees are taxable income in Finland. We would like to ask you about state taxation. Let us presume that Virtanen earns 2,000 euros a month and Herranen 5,000. Which of the following statements is closest to the truth?

Frequencies

Category labels Value n
Both have equal tax rates 1 67
Virtanen's tax rate is higher 2 112
Herranen's tax rate is higher 3 975
Virtanen doesn't pay any income tax, only Herranen 4 50
Can't say 5 66
Displayed frequencies are not weighted

Summary statistics

Number of valid cases 1270
Maximum 5
Minimum 1
Mean 2.95
Standard deviation .738

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