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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with the statement "I don't think the government cares much what people like me think"?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Slovenia87.5%
2 Poland79.8%
3 Croatia76.7%
4 Spain73.5%
5 Czech Republic68.2%
6 Lithuania67.7%
7 Slovakia66.6%
8 Japan65.9%
9 France65.6%
10 South Africa65.0%
11 Georgia62.1%
12 Belgium61.7%
13 Taiwan60.3%
14 Republic of Korea59.3%
15 United States58.3%
16 Austria57.3%
17 Israel56.0%
17 United Kingdom56.0%
19 Russian Federation55.6%
20 Australia55.0%
21 Hungary 54.5%
22 Germany50.0%
23 Chile48.9%
24 Finland47.9%
25 India47.3%
26 Denmark46.4%
27 Iceland45.6%
28 Philippines44.6%
29 Venezuela43.7%
30 Netherlands42.2%
31 Turkiye37.2%
32 Norway35.5%
33 Sweden34.0%
34 Switzerland31.5%

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 = -0.782809 X +6.921
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.129
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -70471.904870 X +79155.445
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.359
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.129

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -3.304796 X +80.492
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.085
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -0.522425 X +1.926
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.165
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 10.534360 X +4.951
Correlation coefficient (r)0.273
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.075