Tweet
Question: How important is it in a democracy that people be given more opportunities to participate in public decision-making?
Choices: 1 "Not at all important" - 7 "Very important"
Data: Average score
Period:
Area:
38 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Venezuela6.59
2 Uruguay6.58
3 Mexico6.57
4 Brazil6.46
4 Chile6.46
6 Bulgaria6.45
7 Poland6.37
8 Slovakia6.34
9 Portugal6.33
10 Spain6.32
11 Germany6.30
12 Republic of Korea6.20
13 Ireland6.17
14 United States6.15
15 Cyprus6.13
16 Slovenia6.12
16 Taiwan6.12
18 South Africa6.11
19 Russian Federation6.09
20 Japan 6.07
20 Latvia6.07
22 France6.06
23 Australia6.04
24 Canada6.02
24 New Zealand6.02
26 Netherlands6.01
27 Norway6.00
27 Philippines6.00
29 Hungary5.98
30 Austria5.97
31 Sweden5.94
31 United Kingdom5.94
33 Israel5.93
34 Belgium5.77
35 Czech Republic5.74
36 Denmark5.70
36 Finland5.70
38 Switzerland5.37

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 = -1.187386 X +13.835
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.552
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.305

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -55506.489199 X +378407.914
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.559
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.312

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -8.509652 X +130.407
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.423
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.179

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -0.118201 X +2.377
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.081
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -2.572928 X +26.147
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.137
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.019