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Question: On average, how often do you watch political news on television?
Choices: "Every day" "3-4 days a week" "1-2 days a week" "Fewer than 1-2 days a week" "Never"
Data: % of "Never"
Period:
Area:
22 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 South Africa40.3%
2 Belgium12.5%
3 Uruguay10.3%
4 Australia9.5%
4 Taiwan9.5%
6 Canada8.0%
7 Bulgaria7.9%
8 Spain7.7%
9 Switzerland6.9%
10 New Zealand6.8%
11 Brazil5.9%
12 France5.8%
13 Latvia5.7%
14 Czech Republic5.4%
14 Finland5.4%
16 Japan 5.1%
17 Sweden4.0%
18 Denmark3.8%
19 Russian Federation3.2%
20 Slovakia3.0%
21 Portugal1.1%
22 Netherlands0.0%

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 216 countries.

Source
ISSP 2004

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -3.123895 X +6.848
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.386
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.149

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -77481.235983 X +44201.478
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.275
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.076

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -41.273326 X +81.668
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.561
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.315

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 2.000011 X +1.453
Correlation coefficient (r)0.681
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.464

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 34.382225 X +9.047
Correlation coefficient (r)0.568
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.323