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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 stop and search people in the street at random?
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 United Kingdom76.8%
2 Switzerland76.7%
3 Belgium74.1%
4 Denmark72.9%
5 Hungary72.5%
6 India69.0%
7 Australia67.4%
8 Sweden65.3%
9 Norway60.5%
10 Germany60.2%
11 Republic of Korea60.0%
12 Taiwan59.9%
13 Finland59.8%
14 Japan 57.6%
15 New Zealand57.3%
16 Slovenia57.2%
17 Czech Republic57.1%
18 Lithuania56.3%
19 Chile53.7%
20 South Africa51.0%
21 Iceland50.8%
22 Turkiye50.7%
23 Croatia50.3%
24 Israel49.3%
25 Georgia49.0%
26 Suriname43.6%
27 Thailand41.9%
28 Russian Federation39.1%
29 Slovakia38.5%
29 Spain38.5%
31 Venezuela38.4%
32 Latvia36.4%
33 Philippines34.8%
34 United States33.3%
35 France24.3%

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 = 1.371283 X +5.698
Correlation coefficient (r)0.232
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.054

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 73671.761512 X -4092.038
Correlation coefficient (r)0.371
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.138

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 14.283074 X +70.095
Correlation coefficient (r)0.338
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.114

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -0.757095 X +2.138
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.243
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.059

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 1.220805 X +10.792
Correlation coefficient (r)0.029
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001