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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with the statement "I feel I have a pretty good understanding of the important political issues facing the country"?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
35 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Denmark75.1%
2 Philippines70.1%
3 Australia68.7%
4 Venezuela66.8%
5 Iceland64.9%
6 India64.5%
7 New Zealand63.9%
8 Norway63.4%
9 United Kingdom63.0%
10 United States62.0%
11 Switzerland61.6%
12 France 60.5%
13 Sweden56.4%
14 Finland56.2%
15 Belgium54.5%
16 Thailand54.0%
17 Germany49.6%
18 South Africa48.4%
19 Israel48.3%
20 Georgia47.5%
20 Lithuania47.5%
22 Turkiye46.0%
23 Croatia43.9%
24 Slovenia41.0%
25 Spain39.1%
26 Russian Federation38.7%
27 Suriname38.4%
28 Republic of Korea35.5%
29 Slovakia35.0%
30 Latvia33.8%
31 Taiwan32.8%
32 Chile30.6%
33 Hungary29.1%
34 Czech Republic24.4%
35 Japan17.8%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 203 countries.

Source
ISSP 2016

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 1.270342 X +5.807
Correlation coefficient (r)0.231
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.053

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 73884.670633 X +251.390
Correlation coefficient (r)0.407
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.166

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 1.726643 X +77.445
Correlation coefficient (r)0.046
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 0.794020 X +1.265
Correlation coefficient (r)0.265
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.070

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -11.883982 X +17.390
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.296
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.088