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Question: How much you agree or disagree with the statement "People we elect as MPs try to keep the promises they have made during the election"?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
33 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Denmark43.4%
2 South Africa37.5%
3 Syrian Arab Republic36.9%
4 Ireland32.6%
5 Netherlands30.3%
6 New Zealand29.3%
7 Uzbekistan29.2%
8 Philippines27.8%
9 Australia26.8%
10 Norway26.5%
11 Canada25.5%
12 Dominican Republic23.7%
13 United States22.7%
14 Germany22.5%
15 Slovenia22.0%
16 Uruguay21.9%
17 Viet Nam20.3%
18 Finland18.3%
19 Switzerland17.8%
20 Chile15.6%
21 Republic of Korea14.6%
22 France13.8%
23 Spain13.7%
24 Japan 12.0%
24 Portugal12.0%
26 Russian Federation11.3%
27 Czech Republic11.2%
28 Hungary10.3%
29 Poland10.1%
29 Tajikistan10.1%
31 Latvia8.9%
32 Croatia8.4%
33 Israel7.6%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 205 countries.

Source
ISSP 2006

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 2.086185 X +6.102
Correlation coefficient (r)0.314
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.099

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 104984.412104 X +16604.888
Correlation coefficient (r)0.331
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.110

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -6.722453 X +79.268
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.116
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 1.349355 X +1.532
Correlation coefficient (r)0.223
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.050

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -4.482988 X +11.476
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.083
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007