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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements? - Ethnic minorities should be given government assistance to preserve their customs and traditions.
Choices: "Agree strongly" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Disagree strongly"
Data: % of "Agree strongly" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
33 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Venezuela94.1%
2 Taiwan90.5%
3 Philippines80.7%
4 Slovenia75.1%
5 Poland73.2%
6 Russian Federation71.1%
7 South Africa69.8%
8 Hungary68.0%
9 Bulgaria64.9%
10 Israel62.5%
11 Republic of Korea62.4%
12 Portugal60.8%
13 Uruguay58.9%
14 Latvia54.9%
15 Japan 52.6%
16 Finland45.6%
17 Slovakia42.3%
18 Switzerland42.1%
19 Spain41.2%
20 Ireland40.3%
21 Germany37.1%
22 Czech Republic36.9%
23 Austria36.8%
24 Sweden24.2%
25 United States22.9%
26 France19.7%
27 New Zealand17.8%
28 United Kingdom17.5%
29 Australia16.9%
30 Norway16.8%
31 Canada16.6%
32 Denmark15.0%
33 Netherlands14.7%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 205 countries.

Source
ISSP 2003

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -1.664699 X +7.377
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.663
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.440

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -75056.253084 X +78103.954
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.686
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.471

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = -12.579797 X +84.976
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.589
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.347

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 0.547506 X +1.356
Correlation coefficient (r)0.300
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.090

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 2.067832 X +9.965
Correlation coefficient (r)0.093
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009