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Question: Which statement comes closer to your view, even if neither is exactly right?
Choices: "Most elected officials care what people like me think" "Most elected officials donft care what people like me think"
Data: % of "Most elected officials care what people like me think"
Period:
Area:
23 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden61.5%
2 India42.5%
3 Netherlands40.3%
4 Germany39.9%
5 Canada39.7%
6 Indonesia38.4%
7 United Kingdom32.7%
8 Israel32.5%
9 Australia31.9%
10 Republic of Korea27.7%
11 Poland27.5%
12 France26.9%
13 Japan 26.7%
14 Kenya25.9%
15 Brazil23.1%
16 Hungary22.0%
17 Mexico21.4%
18 Italy20.2%
19 Nigeria19.1%
20 Greece18.9%
21 South Africa18.8%
22 Spain18.3%
23 Argentina14.6%

Note
Don't know/ Refused are excluded.

No data for 215 countries.

Source
Pew Research Center "Global Attitudes & Trends" Spring 2023.

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = 2.270562 X +5.548
Correlation coefficient (r)0.283
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.080

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = 93846.893023 X +3033.069
Correlation coefficient (r)0.480
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.230

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = 19.079056 X +71.008
Correlation coefficient (r)0.245
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.060

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -1.367752 X +2.250
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.163
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = 4.185767 X +8.238
Correlation coefficient (r)0.090
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008