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Question: How often do you use the media, including television, newspapers, radio and the internet, to get political news or information?
Choices: "Several times a day" "Once a day" "5-6 days a week" "1-2 days a week" "Less than 1 day a week" "Never"
Data: % of "Several times a day" "Once a day"
Period:
Area:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Georgia82.6%
2 France82.2%
3 Germany81.6%
4 Venezuela81.5%
5 Lithuania79.6%
6 Denmark79.3%
7 Belgium78.5%
8 Netherlands78.4%
9 Norway77.1%
10 Czech Republic76.8%
11 Spain75.5%
12 Switzerland75.3%
13 Republic of Korea75.0%
14 Israel74.0%
15 Turkiye71.6%
16 Hungary70.5%
17 Russian Federation70.2%
18 Sweden70.0%
18 Taiwan70.0%
20 Iceland69.9%
21 Australia68.7%
22 United Kingdom67.1%
23 Slovenia67.0%
24 Croatia64.3%
25 Austria64.0%
26 Poland63.6%
27 Japan 62.0%
28 Philippines61.4%
29 Finland60.2%
30 Slovakia59.6%
31 United States57.1%
32 India50.2%
33 South Africa49.0%
34 Chile42.4%

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 = 2.336969 X +4.863
Correlation coefficient (r)0.289
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.084

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 73564.677128 X -13011.645
Correlation coefficient (r)0.278
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.077

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 19.825088 X +64.375
Correlation coefficient (r)0.356
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.127

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -0.317428 X +1.930
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.077
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -10.851047 X +18.365
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.213
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.045