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s. dragoš ■ factors of radicalizationATTITUDE TO INEQUALITYINEQUALITY
Table 2: Inequality (Gini coefficient) and the attitude towards it, asSTATEYEARSTRONGLYAV ER AGEGini coefficient1
measured by the share of those who strongly agree with the statementAGR EE(1 - 5)
that the government “should adopt measures to reduce differences in peoples’Slovenia2002
incomes” (measured on a five-degree scale: 1 = strongly agree … 5 = notEx-socialism22014%CHANGE%CHANGE20092016CHANGE
agree at all; summarised from Toš, 2017: pp. 354-355)Nordic2002‘02 – ‘14 (%)‘02 – ‘14 (%)22.7‘09 - ‘16 (%)
countries3 2014 32.2
However, the last column of Table 2 shows that in the years dur-EU4200234.4+ 25.61.89- 3.726.624.4 + 7.5
ing and after the most recent economic crisis inequality has increased in201443.21.8230.6
Slovenia, with the GC having risen by 7.5 percent in seven years. During2002
the same period of time it has only increased by 0.7 per cent on average in201429.7+ 31.61.64+ 18.331.7 - 1.6
Europe, and notably reduced in the former socialist countries and Nordic39.11.94
121 18.7 + 7.0 2.46 - 0.4 26.0 - 2.3
20.0 2.45
25.5 + 24.7 2.21 - 4.1 30.8 + 0.7
31.8 2.12
1 The higher the value of the coefficient, the larger the inequality.
2 Ex-socialist states (without Slovenia): the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland. The Gini coeff.
(on the right side of the table) here refers to the average of 11 countries: the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary,
Lithuania, Poland, Croatia, Latvia, Romania, Slovakia, Macedonia and Serbia (in the last two countries the data
for 2013 and 2013 is used instead of the data for 2009).
3 Nordic states: Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden. The Gini coeff. (on the right side of the Table) applies to the
average of all five Nordic states, including Iceland.
4 Given is the average of the EU 24 countries (including Israel and Switzerland). The Gini coeff. (on the right side
of the Table) applies to the EU 27.
Table 2: Inequality (Gini coefficient) and the attitude towards it, asSTATEYEARSTRONGLYAV ER AGEGini coefficient1
measured by the share of those who strongly agree with the statementAGR EE(1 - 5)
that the government “should adopt measures to reduce differences in peoples’Slovenia2002
incomes” (measured on a five-degree scale: 1 = strongly agree … 5 = notEx-socialism22014%CHANGE%CHANGE20092016CHANGE
agree at all; summarised from Toš, 2017: pp. 354-355)Nordic2002‘02 – ‘14 (%)‘02 – ‘14 (%)22.7‘09 - ‘16 (%)
countries3 2014 32.2
However, the last column of Table 2 shows that in the years dur-EU4200234.4+ 25.61.89- 3.726.624.4 + 7.5
ing and after the most recent economic crisis inequality has increased in201443.21.8230.6
Slovenia, with the GC having risen by 7.5 percent in seven years. During2002
the same period of time it has only increased by 0.7 per cent on average in201429.7+ 31.61.64+ 18.331.7 - 1.6
Europe, and notably reduced in the former socialist countries and Nordic39.11.94
121 18.7 + 7.0 2.46 - 0.4 26.0 - 2.3
20.0 2.45
25.5 + 24.7 2.21 - 4.1 30.8 + 0.7
31.8 2.12
1 The higher the value of the coefficient, the larger the inequality.
2 Ex-socialist states (without Slovenia): the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland. The Gini coeff.
(on the right side of the table) here refers to the average of 11 countries: the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary,
Lithuania, Poland, Croatia, Latvia, Romania, Slovakia, Macedonia and Serbia (in the last two countries the data
for 2013 and 2013 is used instead of the data for 2009).
3 Nordic states: Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden. The Gini coeff. (on the right side of the Table) applies to the
average of all five Nordic states, including Iceland.
4 Given is the average of the EU 24 countries (including Israel and Switzerland). The Gini coeff. (on the right side
of the Table) applies to the EU 27.
