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Question: How important is it in a democracy that people be given more opportunities to participate in public decision-making?
Choices: 1 "Not at all important" - 7 "Very important"
Data: Average score
Period:
Area:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Venezuela6.70
2 Croatia6.48
3 Spain6.40
4 Georgia 6.31
5 Turkiye6.30
6 Hungary6.22
7 Chile6.20
8 Poland6.16
9 Lithuania6.15
10 Germany6.11
11 United States6.08
12 Slovenia6.07
13 Republic of Korea6.01
14 Iceland5.97
15 Austria5.95
15 France5.95
17 Russian Federation5.91
17 South Africa5.91
19 Taiwan5.90
20 Philippines5.86
20 United Kingdom5.86
22 Israel5.83
23 Sweden5.81
24 Australia5.80
24 Slovakia5.80
26 Denmark5.73
27 Finland5.67
28 Czech Republic5.59
28 Norway5.59
30 Belgium5.52
31 Netherlands5.46
32 Japan5.34
33 Switzerland5.17
34 India4.98

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 = -0.367115 X +8.650
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.165
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -27571.014577 X +202443.765
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.383
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.147

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -2.257986 X +91.978
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.160
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.026

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 0.050755 X +1.334
Correlation coefficient (r)0.044
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -2.749879 X +27.088
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.195
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.038