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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:
36 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Lithuania46.6%
2 Finland43.9%
2 Japan 43.9%
4 Germany42.8%
5 Portugal38.3%
6 United States36.9%
7 Canada36.7%
8 Latvia33.2%
9 South Africa32.7%
9 United Kingdom32.7%
11 Australia29.5%
12 Taiwan29.1%
13 France28.5%
14 Croatia28.4%
15 Austria26.9%
16 Spain25.7%
17 Slovenia25.5%
18 New Zealand25.4%
19 Chile24.9%
20 Denmark23.6%
21 Sweden22.3%
22 Slovakia21.0%
23 Belgium20.6%
24 Bulgaria19.8%
24 Philippines19.8%
26 Israel19.7%
27 Mexico18.6%
28 Czech Republic18.3%
28 Netherlands18.3%
30 Turkiye18.2%
31 Iceland17.5%
32 Norway16.2%
33 Republic of Korea15.8%
34 Switzerland14.5%
35 Argentina14.4%
36 Russian Federation12.0%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 202 countries.

Source
ISSP 2010

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 0.411915 X +6.492
Correlation coefficient (r)0.060
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -5684.911798 X +41181.896
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.021
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 4.628932 X +77.487
Correlation coefficient (r)0.082
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = -0.934316 X +1.915
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.227
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.052

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 11.069975 X +7.915
Correlation coefficient (r)0.208
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.043