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Question: Are there people you could ask to help influence important decisions in your favour?
Choices: "No, nobody" "Yes, a few people" "Yes, some people" "Yes, a lot of people"
Data: % of "Yes, a few people" "Yes, some people" "Yes, a lot of people"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany90.9%
2 United Kingdom86.4%
4 Canada84.0%
5 France 83.1%
6 Japan81.3%
8 United States79.2%

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

No data for 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2006

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 2.375467 X +4.628
Correlation coefficient (r)0.333
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.111

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -107115.555556 X +142939.907
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.278
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.077

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 9.973333 X +72.891
Correlation coefficient (r)0.186
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -0.650667 X +2.061
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.132
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -55.809778 X +57.279
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.835
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.697