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Question: Here is a scale from 0 to 10 where 0 is gall government information should be publicly available, even if this meant a risk to public securityh and 10 is gpublic security should be given priority, even if this meant limiting access to government informationh. Where would you place yourself on such a scale?
Data: Average score
Period:
Area:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United Kingdom6.65
2 Finland6.62
3 Australia6.59
3 Czech Republic6.59
5 Israel6.50
6 Norway6.48
7 Iceland6.38
8 Belgium6.37
9 France6.32
10 Switzerland6.22
11 Sweden6.18
12 Germany6.16
12 Japan 6.16
14 United States6.13
15 New Zealand6.11
16 Slovenia5.92
17 Latvia5.78
18 Denmark5.70
19 Lithuania5.69
20 Turkiye5.54
21 Slovakia5.48
22 Republic of Korea5.43
23 Hungary5.39
24 Spain5.15
25 Chile5.12

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 = 0.769438 X +2.101
Correlation coefficient (r)0.597
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.356

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 28640.360927 X -125229.431
Correlation coefficient (r)0.584
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.341

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 2.329010 X +66.696
Correlation coefficient (r)0.408
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.166

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 0.242513 X +0.083
Correlation coefficient (r)0.325
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.106

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -0.297165 X +12.753
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.033
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001