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Question: How important is it in a democracy that citizens have the right not to vote?
Choices: 1 "Not at all important" - 7 "Very important"
Data: Average score
Period:
Area:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Spain5.98
2 Turkiye5.96
3 United States5.65
4 Sweden5.61
5 Czech Republic5.60
6 Finland5.43
7 Iceland5.39
8 Russian Federation5.36
9 Germany5.30
10 Croatia5.25
11 Taiwan5.22
12 Switzerland5.19
13 Hungary5.16
14 Austria5.15
15 Slovakia5.09
16 Norway5.05
17 Slovenia5.03
18 United Kingdom5.01
19 Denmark4.98
20 Chile4.83
21 Netherlands4.80
22 Israel4.74
22 South Africa4.74
24 Belgium4.55
25 Georgia 4.51
26 India4.38
27 France4.22
28 Philippines4.08
29 Poland4.05
30 Lithuania4.01
31 Republic of Korea3.92
32 Australia3.76
33 Japan3.61
34 Venezuela3.22

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 204 countries.

Source
ISSP 2014

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 0.255715 X +5.242
Correlation coefficient (r)0.214
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.046

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 10727.931594 X -12387.675
Correlation coefficient (r)0.279
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.078

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 1.506837 X +71.354
Correlation coefficient (r)0.198
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.039

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -0.101445 X +2.124
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.163
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -0.413650 X +12.848
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.055
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003