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Question: In politics people sometimes talk of left and right. Where would you place yourself on a scale from 0 to 10 where 0 means the left and 10 means the right?
Choices: 0 "Left" - 10 "Right"
Data: % of 0-2
Period:
Area:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden23.6%
2 Venezuela20.2%
3 India19.2%
4 Spain18.1%
5 Slovenia17.5%
6 Denmark17.3%
7 France16.9%
8 Georgia16.2%
9 South Africa15.6%
10 Netherlands15.5%
11 Chile15.3%
12 Slovakia15.0%
13 Belgium14.4%
14 Czech Republic14.2%
15 Israel13.6%
16 Turkiye13.4%
17 Australia13.2%
18 Hungary13.1%
18 Norway13.1%
20 United Kingdom12.7%
21 Austria12.4%
22 Iceland12.2%
23 Croatia11.6%
24 Lithuania10.9%
25 United States10.8%
26 Germany10.4%
27 Finland9.8%
28 Poland9.0%
29 Russian Federation8.5%
30 Switzerland8.3%
31 Philippines6.0%
32 Republic of Korea4.6%
33 Japan 4.1%
34 Taiwan2.5%

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 = -0.866798 X +6.594
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.050
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -36848.136438 X +44380.618
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.066
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -16.988737 X +80.891
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.141
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 2.425409 X +1.313
Correlation coefficient (r)0.248
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.062

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -27.869313 X +14.536
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.233
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.054