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Question: Suppose a law were being considered by the parliament that you considered to be unjust or harmful, and that you take some action. How likely is it that the parliament would give serious attention to your demands?
Choices: "Very likely" "Fairly likely" "Not very likely" "Not at all likely"
Data: % of "Very likely" "Fairly likely"
Period:
Area:
37 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Philippines65.1%
2 Viet Nam39.9%
3 Mexico37.2%
4 Uruguay36.3%
5 Republic of Korea34.9%
6 Denmark29.4%
7 Israel27.8%
8 Tajikistan27.5%
9 Syrian Arab Republic27.2%
10 Poland24.8%
11 New Zealand22.9%
12 Uzbekistan22.1%
13 Chile20.6%
14 Brazil20.5%
15 Netherlands19.7%
16 Canada19.6%
17 United States18.5%
18 Switzerland18.1%
19 Ireland17.8%
20 Latvia17.6%
21 Cyprus17.0%
22 France16.5%
23 Belgium14.8%
24 Portugal14.0%
25 Austria13.7%
26 Australia12.9%
27 Czech Republic12.8%
27 Finland12.8%
29 Spain12.1%
30 Norway12.0%
31 Slovakia11.5%
32 Slovenia10.8%
33 Germany9.5%
34 Bulgaria8.5%
34 Hungary8.5%
36 Russian Federation7.6%
37 Japan 6.9%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 201 countries.

Source
ISSP 2004

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -0.368316 X +6.627
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.075
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -67073.324999 X +51079.015
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.281
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.079

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -15.560561 X +81.333
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.365
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.133

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = 1.909442 X +1.356
Correlation coefficient (r)0.410
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.168

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -10.093328 X +11.879
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.253
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.064