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Question: Suppose the government suspected that a terrorist act was about to happen. Do you think the authorities should have the right to tap people's telephone conversations?
Choices: "Definitely should have right" "Probably should have right" "Probably should not have right" "Definitely should not have right"
Data: % of "Definitely should have right" "Probably should have right"
Period:
Area:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Belgium90.7%
2 France90.0%
3 Australia88.0%
3 Sweden88.0%
5 Denmark85.8%
6 Norway85.1%
7 United Kingdom83.3%
8 Finland83.2%
9 Switzerland 81.5%
10 New Zealand78.6%
11 Germany77.2%
12 Iceland72.2%
13 Israel66.9%
14 Czech Republic64.0%
15 Spain60.6%
16 Japan59.0%
17 Lithuania56.6%
18 Latvia51.8%
19 United States51.3%
20 Slovenia50.7%
21 Chile50.6%
22 Turkiye44.5%
23 Hungary41.5%
24 Slovakia39.4%
25 Republic of Korea28.5%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 13 countries.

Source
ISSP 2016

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 2.320775 X +5.188
Correlation coefficient (r)0.704
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.496

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 79349.860695 X -5605.127
Correlation coefficient (r)0.632
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.399

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 8.091553 X +75.330
Correlation coefficient (r)0.553
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.306

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 0.333911 X +1.321
Correlation coefficient (r)0.175
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.031

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -5.492063 X +14.629
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.236
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.056