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Question: On average, how often do you read the political content of a newspaper?
Choices: "Several times a day" "Once a day" "5-6 days a week" "3-4 days a week" "1-2 days a week" "Less than 1-2 days a week" "Never"
Data: % of "Several times a day" "Once a day"
(For Czech Republic "Daily" "3-4 times a week" "1-2 times a week" "Less than 1-2 times a week" "Never", The data is % of "Daily")
Period:
Area:
5 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan37.8%
3 France 27.9%
5 United Kingdom22.7%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 4 countries.

Source
ISSP 2014

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data3
Regression equation
Y = -4.692404 X +7.855
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.988
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.976

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data3
Regression equation
Y = -104164.844502 X +73662.574
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.988
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.976

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data3
Regression equation
Y = 13.320682 X +78.842
Correlation coefficient (r)0.956
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.914

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data3
Regression equation
Y = -2.487962 X +2.273
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.717
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.514

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data3
Regression equation
Y = 34.266414 X -0.507
Correlation coefficient (r)0.981
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.962