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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:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Venezuela6.81
2 Spain6.80
3 Croatia6.79
4 Iceland6.77
5 Lithuania6.69
6 Hungary6.65
7 Georgia6.64
8 Chile6.59
8 France6.59
8 Turkiye6.59
11 Slovenia6.57
12 Sweden6.52
13 Australia6.50
14 Norway6.48
15 Slovakia6.43
16 Israel6.42
17 Belgium6.41
18 Poland6.39
19 Russian Federation6.38
20 Finland6.35
21 United Kingdom6.34
22 Taiwan6.30
23 South Africa6.24
24 Denmark6.23
25 Switzerland6.15
25 United States6.15
27 Austria6.07
28 Germany6.03
29 Philippines6.00
30 Netherlands5.99
31 Japan 5.97
32 Republic of Korea5.86
33 Czech Republic5.52
34 India5.13

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 = 0.440342 X +3.693
Correlation coefficient (r)0.200
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.040

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 1228.163475 X +30189.706
Correlation coefficient (r)0.017
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 1.999262 X +65.444
Correlation coefficient (r)0.132
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -0.034005 X +1.925
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.030
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -2.244984 X +25.069
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.162
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.026