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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 "Several times a day" "Once a day"
(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 "Daily")
Period:
Area:
23 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 India52.8%
2 Netherlands49.3%
3 Switzerland45.8%
4 Finland39.3%
5 Japan 37.8%
6 Republic of Korea36.2%
7 Iceland33.8%
8 Belgium31.9%
9 Denmark29.1%
10 France27.9%
11 Spain27.3%
12 Australia23.5%
13 Lithuania23.1%
14 United Kingdom22.7%
15 Taiwan19.7%
16 Turkiye19.1%
17 Czech Republic17.1%
18 Philippines14.6%
19 Hungary13.5%
20 Poland10.3%
21 Chile10.0%
22 Russian Federation8.9%
23 Georgia8.4%

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 = 1.053322 X +6.163
Correlation coefficient (r)0.158
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.025

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = 96506.218290 X +10349.046
Correlation coefficient (r)0.517
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.267

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 16.336911 X +74.102
Correlation coefficient (r)0.405
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.164

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -0.515960 X +1.773
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.181
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.033

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 6.359874 X +9.111
Correlation coefficient (r)0.164
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027