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Question: On average, how often do you read the political content of a newspaper?
Choices: "Every day" "3-4 days a week" "1-2 days a week" "Fewer than 1-2 days a week" "Never"
Data: % of "Never"
Period:
Area:
5 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Australia21.0%
2 Japan17.8%
3 France 15.7%
4 Canada13.9%
5 Sweden11.8%

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 5 countries.

Source
ISSP 2004

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -4.929921 X +7.585
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.358
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.128

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 21133.129516 X +47058.846
Correlation coefficient (r)0.061
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 8.333995 X +81.823
Correlation coefficient (r)0.366
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.134

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -0.085762 X +1.600
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.014
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -1.022393 X +11.334
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.031
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001