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Question: Which one of these do you think should be the country's highest priority?
Choices: "Maintain order in the nation" "Give people more say in government decisions" "Fight rising prices" "Protect freedom of speech"
Data: % of "Fight rising prices"
Period:
Area:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Poland38.6%
2 Hungary35.7%
3 Bulgaria30.9%
4 Spain29.9%
5 Philippines29.2%
6 Russian Federation25.8%
7 Ireland22.0%
8 Canada21.1%
9 Slovenia20.4%
10 United States20.2%
11 United Kingdom18.7%
12 Netherlands16.0%
13 Czech Republic15.0%
13 Japan 15.0%
15 Germany14.1%
16 Australia13.9%
17 Italy13.5%
18 Norway8.7%
19 New Zealand7.1%
20 Israel6.7%

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

No data for 218 countries.

Source
ISSP 1993

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -3.890332 X +7.388
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.676
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.457

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -166390.805359 X +77568.650
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.544
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.296

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -33.916394 X +86.041
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.642
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.412

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -1.013829 X +1.875
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.208
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.043

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 1.872748 X +9.213
Correlation coefficient (r)0.041
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002