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Question: To what extent do you agree that "Workers need strong trade unions to protect their interests"?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree".
Period:
Area:
37 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Iceland88.3%
2 Venezuela86.1%
3 Taiwan85.6%
4 South Africa83.7%
5 Lithuania81.7%
6 Chile80.4%
7 Suriname79.7%
8 India79.1%
9 Israel78.2%
10 Latvia77.2%
11 Croatia76.8%
12 Austria76.6%
13 China75.5%
13 Russian Federation75.5%
15 Denmark73.9%
16 Spain73.3%
17 Germany72.7%
18 Estonia72.5%
19 Switzerland70.6%
20 Norway69.2%
21 Hungary68.6%
22 Poland68.4%
23 Mexico68.0%
24 Georgia67.1%
25 Philippines66.8%
26 Sweden64.7%
27 Slovakia61.3%
28 Slovenia61.2%
29 Finland61.1%
30 France59.7%
31 Belgium56.5%
32 Japan56.0%
33 Czech Republic55.1%
34 United Kingdom53.4%
35 United States 50.0%
36 New Zealand48.7%
37 Australia47.1%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 201 countries.

Source
ISSP 2015

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -1.783812 X +7.745
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.267
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.071

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -73563.583897 X +88154.562
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.315
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.099

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -21.643249 X +93.030
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.451
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.203

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 0.709737 X +1.166
Correlation coefficient (r)0.190
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.036

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 6.123371 X +6.923
Correlation coefficient (r)0.126
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016