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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:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Russian Federation79.6%
2 Norway58.8%
3 Austria58.5%
4 Sweden55.4%
5 Denmark54.9%
6 Latvia49.7%
7 Switzerland48.6%
8 Ireland47.8%
8 Netherlands47.8%
10 Philippines46.3%
11 Czech Republic46.0%
12 Israel44.4%
13 Finland43.9%
14 New Zealand43.7%
15 Spain41.4%
16 Germany39.0%
17 Bulgaria38.7%
18 United Kingdom38.3%
19 United States37.9%
20 Mexico36.8%
21 Chile36.2%
22 Portugal35.8%
23 Slovenia35.5%
24 Japan 29.2%
25 Canada23.8%

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 = 0.546299 X +6.484
Correlation coefficient (r)0.107
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 42858.433278 X +26438.109
Correlation coefficient (r)0.171
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.029
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -9.539122 X +83.594
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.224
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.050
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 0.247318 X +1.557
Correlation coefficient (r)0.071
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 15.037180 X +3.092
Correlation coefficient (r)0.416
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.173