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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: Average score
Period:
Area:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Philippines6.80
2 Poland5.89
3 Turkiye5.86
4 Israel5.80
5 Croatia5.67
6 Finland5.56
7 Japan 5.51
8 Hungary5.43
9 Republic of Korea5.41
10 Netherlands5.37
11 Norway5.35
12 Czech Republic5.34
12 Venezuela5.34
14 Lithuania5.32
15 Australia5.30
15 Taiwan5.30
17 Georgia5.29
18 United Kingdom5.26
19 United States5.25
20 Russian Federation5.21
20 Slovakia5.21
20 Switzerland5.21
23 Iceland5.17
24 Denmark5.12
25 Belgium5.11
25 South Africa5.11
27 France5.10
28 Austria4.87
28 Chile4.87
30 Germany4.82
31 Sweden4.80
32 India4.64
33 Slovenia4.59
34 Spain4.49

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 = -0.081559 X +6.912
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.043
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -9898.285537 X +90187.955
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.160
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.026

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -2.543838 X +91.527
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.195
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.038

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 0.363198 X -0.206
Correlation coefficient (r)0.377
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.142

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -3.168173 X +27.559
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.266
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.071