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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with the statement "People like me don't have any say about what the government does"?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Croatia80.7%
2 Slovenia72.1%
3 South Africa67.9%
4 Lithuania67.0%
5 Hungary66.7%
6 Suriname65.9%
7 India63.4%
8 Taiwan59.7%
9 Israel56.6%
10 Austria54.2%
11 Australia53.6%
12 Mexico53.3%
13 Germany52.5%
14 Finland51.4%
15 Slovakia51.1%
16 Czech Republic49.1%
17 United Kingdom48.4%
18 China47.8%
19 United States41.2%
20 Philippines39.1%
20 Russian Federation39.1%
22 New Zealand38.3%
23 Sweden37.6%
24 Denmark32.7%
25 Iceland32.3%
26 France28.5%
27 Switzerland26.8%
28 Thailand21.1%
29 Spain15.0%
30 Japan 9.4%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 208 countries.

Source
ISSP 2017

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -0.864671 X +6.953
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.198
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.039

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -47648.162283 X +58430.337
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.336
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.113

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -16.279941 X +85.385
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.481
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.231

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 0.727697 X +1.385
Correlation coefficient (r)0.299
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.089

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 11.672096 X +5.907
Correlation coefficient (r)0.370
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.137