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Question: When you hold a strong opinion about politics, how often do you try to persuade your friends, relatives or fellow workers to share your views?
Choices: "Often" "Sometimes" "Rarely" "Never"
Data: % of "Often" "Sometimes"
Period:
Area:
38 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France55.7%
2 Netherlands52.9%
3 Denmark52.4%
4 Israel48.3%
5 Norway47.5%
6 Brazil45.9%
7 Switzerland45.6%
8 Philippines43.6%
9 Sweden43.3%
10 Canada42.9%
11 Portugal42.3%
12 United States41.5%
13 Republic of Korea39.8%
14 Latvia37.9%
15 New Zealand37.7%
16 Germany37.4%
17 Slovakia36.5%
18 Mexico35.6%
19 Belgium35.0%
20 Russian Federation33.9%
20 Venezuela33.9%
22 Austria33.5%
23 Australia32.1%
24 Uruguay29.5%
25 Slovenia29.1%
26 United Kingdom28.9%
27 Poland28.5%
28 Bulgaria28.4%
29 Czech Republic27.7%
30 Ireland26.2%
31 South Africa25.8%
32 Spain25.4%
33 Hungary25.1%
34 Cyprus24.1%
35 Taiwan22.9%
36 Japan 20.1%
37 Finland18.5%
38 Chile18.0%

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 200 countries.

Source
ISSP 2004

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 1.926998 X +5.903
Correlation coefficient (r)0.334
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.112

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 87830.186618 X +8429.508
Correlation coefficient (r)0.329
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.108

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = 8.570026 X +75.378
Correlation coefficient (r)0.155
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.024

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = 1.013589 X +1.296
Correlation coefficient (r)0.254
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.065

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -6.991136 X +12.903
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.136
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018