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Question: On average, how often do you read the political content of a newspaper?
Choices: "Every day" "3-4 days a week" "1-2 days a week" "Fewer than 1-2 days a week" "Never"
Data: % of "Every day"
Period:
Area:
22 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Switzerland59.2%
2 Netherlands36.9%
3 Japan 33.4%
4 Finland26.9%
5 Canada24.3%
6 Slovakia24.0%
7 Taiwan23.0%
8 Denmark22.4%
9 France19.8%
10 Sweden18.5%
11 Latvia17.9%
12 Czech Republic17.8%
13 Spain16.7%
14 Australia14.9%
15 New Zealand14.4%
16 Portugal13.1%
17 Bulgaria12.7%
18 Belgium10.7%
19 Brazil9.7%
20 South Africa8.7%
21 Russian Federation7.8%
22 Uruguay5.1%

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 = 2.148431 X +6.182
Correlation coefficient (r)0.401
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.161

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 128762.498208 X +12662.183
Correlation coefficient (r)0.691
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.477

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 24.319604 X +73.752
Correlation coefficient (r)0.499
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.249

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -0.422025 X +1.687
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.217
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.047

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -11.885979 X +13.987
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.296
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.088