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Question: How important is it in a democracy that government authorities respect and protect the rights of minorities?
Choices: 1 "Not at all important" - 7 "Very important"
Data: Average score
Period:
Area:
38 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Uruguay6.87
2 Venezuela6.74
3 Chile6.72
4 Mexico6.68
5 Spain6.53
6 Israel6.52
7 Portugal6.49
8 Brazil6.46
9 Denmark6.41
10 France6.40
11 Poland6.34
12 Ireland6.32
12 Taiwan6.32
14 Sweden6.28
15 Germany6.24
16 United States6.21
17 Cyprus6.18
18 Slovenia6.17
19 Bulgaria6.14
20 Philippines6.12
20 Slovakia6.12
20 Switzerland6.12
23 Norway6.06
24 Finland6.03
25 Australia6.00
26 South Africa5.98
27 Austria5.96
27 Canada5.96
27 Russian Federation5.96
30 New Zealand5.95
31 Latvia5.94
32 Belgium5.93
33 Hungary5.85
34 Netherlands5.82
35 United Kingdom5.77
36 Republic of Korea5.55
37 Czech Republic5.48
38 Japan 4.46

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 200 countries.

Source
ISSP 2004

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 0.071992 X +6.138
Correlation coefficient (r)0.053
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -6761.240243 X +80719.970
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.108
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -2.689291 X +94.895
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.211
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.045

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = 0.234250 X +0.219
Correlation coefficient (r)0.254
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.065

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -3.743682 X +33.370
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.315
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.099