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Question: How important is it in a democracy that all citizens have an adequate standard of living?
Choices: 1 "Not at all important" - 7 "Very important"
Data: Average score
Period:
Area:
26 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Spain6.80
2 Iceland6.77
3 Lithuania6.69
4 Hungary6.65
5 Chile6.59
5 France6.59
5 Turkiye6.59
8 Slovenia6.57
9 Sweden6.52
10 Australia6.50
11 Norway6.48
12 Slovakia6.43
13 Israel6.42
14 Belgium6.41
15 Poland6.39
16 Finland6.35
17 United Kingdom6.34
18 Denmark6.23
19 Switzerland6.15
19 United States6.15
21 Austria6.07
22 Germany6.03
23 Netherlands 5.99
24 Japan5.97
25 Republic of Korea5.86
26 Czech Republic5.52

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 12 countries.

Source
ISSP 2014

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -0.088861 X +7.327
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.045
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -8026.885457 X +97170.066
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.101
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -1.168360 X +87.829
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.110
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 0.160387 X +0.592
Correlation coefficient (r)0.136
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -1.898459 X +22.693
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.142
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020