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Question: Suppose a law were being considered by the parliament that you considered to be unjust or harmful. If such a case arose, how likely is it that you, acting alone or together with others, would be able to try to do something about it?
Choices: "Very likely" "Fairly likely" "Not very likely" "Not at all likely"
Data: % of "Very likely" "Fairly likely"
Period:
Area:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Philippines70.6%
2 India64.5%
3 France57.1%
4 United States52.0%
5 Switzerland49.4%
6 South Africa48.6%
7 Australia46.8%
8 Venezuela46.6%
9 Netherlands43.8%
10 Spain42.6%
11 United Kingdom42.4%
12 Sweden38.6%
13 Germany37.8%
14 Belgium37.5%
15 Turkiye36.8%
16 Czech Republic32.9%
17 Austria32.8%
18 Norway30.9%
19 Denmark30.8%
19 Taiwan30.8%
21 Georgia 30.7%
21 Slovakia30.7%
23 Chile30.4%
24 Israel29.9%
25 Slovenia28.9%
26 Iceland27.6%
27 Republic of Korea27.3%
28 Croatia22.7%
29 Finland21.7%
30 Japan20.8%
31 Poland19.5%
32 Hungary16.1%
33 Russian Federation14.6%
34 Lithuania12.9%

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 = -1.300109 X +6.944
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.219
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.048

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 5876.803254 X +37534.268
Correlation coefficient (r)0.031
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -8.353286 X +81.620
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.221
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.049

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 1.531737 X +1.088
Correlation coefficient (r)0.497
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.247

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -11.889469 X +15.086
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.316
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.100