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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:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Netherlands74.7%
2 Venezuela74.0%
3 Australia71.9%
4 Denmark71.0%
5 United States67.3%
6 Switzerland66.9%
7 Georgia66.3%
8 Norway64.9%
9 Germany64.6%
10 Spain63.6%
11 Iceland61.9%
12 Finland60.5%
13 United Kingdom59.8%
14 Belgium58.3%
15 Sweden56.5%
16 Poland56.2%
17 France55.3%
18 India54.5%
19 Croatia54.4%
20 Philippines53.9%
21 Taiwan53.8%
22 Austria50.6%
23 Slovenia48.6%
24 Israel46.1%
25 South Africa45.8%
26 Lithuania40.5%
27 Czech Republic38.1%
28 Turkiye37.9%
29 Chile35.5%
30 Republic of Korea33.8%
31 Slovakia33.6%
32 Russian Federation30.7%
33 Hungary29.2%
34 Japan 25.4%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 204 countries.

Source
ISSP 2014

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 1.930143 X +5.457
Correlation coefficient (r)0.332
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.110

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 88953.179889 X -9283.776
Correlation coefficient (r)0.468
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.219

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 7.835862 X +73.948
Correlation coefficient (r)0.196
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.038

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 0.420040 X +1.487
Correlation coefficient (r)0.142
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -12.780851 X +17.634
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.348
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.121