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Question: On average, how often do you read the political content of a newspaper?
Choices: "Several times a day" "Once a day" "5-6 days a week" "3-4 days a week" "1-2 days a week" "Less than 1-2 days a week" "Never"
Data: % of "Never"
(For Czech Republic "Daily" "3-4 times a week" "1-2 times a week" "Less than 1-2 times a week" "Never", The data is % of "Never")
Period:
Area:
23 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Chile62.6%
2 Georgia49.2%
3 Russian Federation46.5%
4 Hungary43.9%
5 Taiwan40.7%
6 Spain40.1%
7 Turkiye37.5%
8 Czech Republic33.1%
9 United Kingdom29.3%
10 Republic of Korea29.0%
11 Lithuania28.7%
12 Japan 28.1%
13 France25.1%
14 Poland23.0%
15 Belgium21.0%
16 India20.7%
17 Philippines19.5%
18 Australia19.4%
19 Denmark15.5%
20 Switzerland13.2%
21 Netherlands11.6%
22 Iceland10.3%
23 Finland8.1%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 215 countries.

Source
ISSP 2014

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -3.037750 X +7.305
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.486
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.236

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -110298.420666 X +67076.519
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.632
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.399

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -13.146474 X +82.105
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.344
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.118

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -0.265563 X +1.711
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.098
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -0.690189 X +10.988
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.019
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000