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Question: Suppose the government suspected that a terrorist act was about to happen. Do you think the authorities should have the right to detain people for as long as they want without putting them on trial?
Choices: "Definitely should have right" "Probably should have right" "Probably should not have right" "Definitely should not have right"
Data: % of "Definitely should have right" "Probably should have right"
Period:
Area:
35 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Croatia65.5%
2 Czech Republic65.3%
3 India63.9%
4 Slovenia59.1%
5 United Kingdom58.7%
6 Australia57.9%
7 Belgium55.9%
8 Israel54.8%
9 France51.8%
10 Switzerland50.2%
11 Spain49.3%
12 Norway46.7%
13 Finland46.5%
14 Lithuania45.6%
15 New Zealand45.3%
16 Japan 44.1%
17 Denmark40.9%
18 Sweden39.7%
19 South Africa39.4%
20 Slovakia38.7%
21 Hungary38.5%
22 Germany37.2%
23 Latvia37.1%
24 Suriname36.6%
24 United States36.6%
26 Republic of Korea36.3%
27 Chile34.7%
28 Turkiye34.1%
29 Iceland33.4%
30 Russian Federation30.6%
31 Thailand29.8%
32 Georgia25.1%
33 Venezuela25.0%
34 Taiwan24.3%
35 Philippines22.7%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 203 countries.

Source
ISSP 2016

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 1.259409 X +5.898
Correlation coefficient (r)0.191
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.036

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 58119.067747 X +10638.870
Correlation coefficient (r)0.261
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.068

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 16.017370 X +70.801
Correlation coefficient (r)0.326
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.106

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -0.378593 X +1.896
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.105
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 1.957575 X +10.597
Correlation coefficient (r)0.040
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002