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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with the statement "I feel I have a pretty good understanding of the important political issues facing the country"?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
38 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Cyprus79.3%
2 Uruguay73.9%
3 Belgium73.2%
3 Ireland73.2%
5 Denmark71.6%
6 Netherlands68.7%
7 Australia68.6%
7 New Zealand68.6%
9 Canada63.9%
10 Israel63.2%
11 Germany62.3%
12 Austria60.0%
13 Syrian Arab Republic59.8%
14 Norway59.6%
15 Poland59.5%
16 Viet Nam58.1%
17 Brazil57.3%
18 Finland55.4%
19 Philippines53.4%
20 Spain53.1%
21 United States53.0%
22 Bulgaria52.2%
23 France50.6%
23 Uzbekistan50.6%
25 Tajikistan49.0%
26 South Africa48.3%
27 Switzerland47.3%
28 Slovenia46.0%
29 Portugal45.8%
30 Slovakia41.7%
31 Mexico41.0%
32 Russian Federation37.8%
33 Republic of Korea35.2%
34 Chile35.1%
35 Hungary33.4%
35 Latvia33.4%
37 Czech Republic33.2%
38 Japan 28.1%

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 200 countries.

Source
ISSP 2004

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = 1.940431 X +5.482
Correlation coefficient (r)0.446
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.199

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = 85901.320327 X -9288.449
Correlation coefficient (r)0.418
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.175

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 11.235698 X +71.718
Correlation coefficient (r)0.274
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.075

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = 0.251002 X +1.624
Correlation coefficient (r)0.062
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -9.569804 X +15.343
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.254
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.065