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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 "Give people more say in government decisions"
Period:
Area:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 44.2%
2 Canada42.8%
3 Finland37.7%
4 Germany36.1%
5 Slovenia34.3%
6 United Kingdom33.5%
7 New Zealand31.9%
8 Latvia27.8%
9 Portugal27.0%
9 United States27.0%
11 Bulgaria26.3%
12 Israel25.9%
13 Sweden24.9%
14 Ireland23.7%
15 Chile22.8%
16 Czech Republic22.2%
17 Denmark21.8%
18 Mexico20.7%
19 Philippines17.8%
20 Austria17.5%
21 Norway17.4%
22 Spain15.8%
23 Switzerland15.4%
24 Netherlands15.0%
25 Russian Federation7.7%

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

No data for 213 countries.

Source
ISSP 2000

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 0.435036 X +6.617
Correlation coefficient (r)0.069
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -9383.966613 X +47996.185
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.030
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 18.206227 X +74.688
Correlation coefficient (r)0.345
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.119

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -0.670778 X +1.839
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.155
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.024

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 1.900525 X +9.332
Correlation coefficient (r)0.042
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002