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Question: On average, how often do you watch political news on television?
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:
23 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Georgia 80.0%
2 Spain70.6%
3 Russian Federation65.4%
4 Turkiye61.7%
5 Lithuania60.9%
6 Japan60.5%
7 Taiwan60.4%
8 India58.2%
9 Republic of Korea58.0%
10 Hungary57.9%
11 Czech Republic55.0%
11 Philippines55.0%
13 Netherlands51.3%
14 Switzerland46.1%
15 France43.9%
16 Denmark43.5%
17 Finland41.5%
18 Iceland41.0%
19 Australia39.9%
20 Poland39.0%
21 Belgium38.7%
22 Chile32.9%
23 United Kingdom32.3%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 215 countries.

Source
ISSP 2014

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -4.011284 X +8.520
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.571
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.326

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -106651.608049 X +93255.098
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.518
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.268

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -16.887584 X +87.745
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.463
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.214

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 0.280946 X +1.418
Correlation coefficient (r)0.092
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 4.008825 X +8.729
Correlation coefficient (r)0.098
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010