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Question: There are different opinions as to what it takes to be a good citizen. As far as you are concerned personally, how important is it - To keep watch on the actions of government?
Choices: 1 "Not at all important" - 7 "Very important"
Data: Average score
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Canada6.31
2 United States6.14
3 Australia6.06
4 Sweden5.94
5 Japan5.66
6 Republic of Korea5.52
7 France 5.25
8 Germany5.24
9 United Kingdom5.22

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 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2004

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 0.395663 X +4.434
Correlation coefficient (r)0.398
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.158

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 21982.963279 X -74820.482
Correlation coefficient (r)0.652
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.425

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -0.526434 X +84.914
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.092
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 0.040820 X +1.272
Correlation coefficient (r)0.057
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 2.437784 X -2.054
Correlation coefficient (r)0.247
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.061