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Question: Do you think that the government should have the right to collect information about anyone living in their country without their knowledge?
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:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Norway73.4%
2 Belgium71.4%
3 Australia67.6%
3 India67.6%
5 United Kingdom66.2%
6 Sweden66.1%
7 Philippines65.4%
8 France62.2%
9 Finland59.5%
10 New Zealand57.9%
11 Israel56.7%
12 Thailand55.6%
13 United States49.5%
14 Denmark48.0%
15 Spain47.1%
16 Croatia46.1%
16 Suriname46.1%
18 Russian Federation45.4%
19 South Africa43.0%
20 Chile40.4%
21 Czech Republic39.0%
22 Georgia37.7%
23 Turkiye36.6%
24 Lithuania36.4%
25 Switzerland35.9%
26 Slovenia34.8%
27 Taiwan33.2%
28 Latvia30.6%
29 Iceland28.7%
30 Germany26.9%
31 Japan 25.8%
32 Slovakia23.7%
33 Venezuela21.3%
34 Republic of Korea20.2%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 204 countries.

Source
ISSP 2016

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 1.007439 X +5.989
Correlation coefficient (r)0.198
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.039

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 45066.746423 X +15311.110
Correlation coefficient (r)0.262
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.069

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 4.113325 X +75.947
Correlation coefficient (r)0.111
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 0.575878 X +1.469
Correlation coefficient (r)0.211
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.045

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -3.743028 X +13.176
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.100
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010