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Question: When you hold a strong opinion about politics, how often do you try to persuade your friends, relatives or fellow workers to share your views?
Choices: "Often" "Sometimes" "Rarely" "Never"
Data: % of "Often" "Sometimes"
Period:
Area:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Netherlands48.7%
2 France48.2%
3 India45.3%
4 Norway44.8%
5 Denmark44.3%
6 Switzerland44.1%
7 Belgium41.2%
8 Sweden40.1%
9 Georgia 39.7%
10 Iceland39.5%
11 Philippines39.1%
12 Germany37.7%
13 Croatia36.6%
14 Israel34.5%
15 Venezuela34.1%
16 Russian Federation33.2%
17 United States33.1%
18 Australia31.5%
19 Republic of Korea31.3%
20 Czech Republic30.4%
21 Austria30.2%
22 United Kingdom30.1%
23 Spain28.5%
24 Lithuania28.3%
25 Poland28.1%
26 Turkiye27.5%
27 South Africa26.9%
28 Hungary25.7%
29 Slovakia24.6%
30 Finland18.7%
31 Chile15.7%
32 Slovenia14.6%
33 Japan14.4%
34 Taiwan12.4%

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 = 0.650382 X +6.271
Correlation coefficient (r)0.079
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 90760.894842 X +10174.134
Correlation coefficient (r)0.342
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.117

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -0.007287 X +78.645
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.000
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 0.923109 X +1.329
Correlation coefficient (r)0.202
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.041

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -8.880696 X +13.783
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.159
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.025