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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 "Maintain order in the nation"
Period:
Area:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Russian Federation67.3%
2 Norway57.7%
3 Israel55.8%
4 Bulgaria52.7%
5 Czech Republic48.2%
6 Philippines43.0%
7 Australia41.5%
8 Italy41.2%
9 Poland41.1%
10 Slovenia40.9%
11 Germany40.5%
12 Hungary40.2%
13 Netherlands38.5%
14 United Kingdom37.9%
15 Ireland37.4%
16 Spain36.2%
17 New Zealand31.3%
18 United States31.2%
19 Japan 30.1%
20 Canada21.7%

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 = -0.884174 X +6.974
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.177
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.031

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -34543.203043 X +58493.924
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.130
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -20.082679 X +87.593
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.438
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.192

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 1.274681 X +1.139
Correlation coefficient (r)0.301
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.091

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 6.484501 X +6.884
Correlation coefficient (r)0.162
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.026