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Question: On average, how often do you watch political news on television?
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 Australia9.5%
2 Canada8.0%
3 France 5.8%
4 Japan5.1%
5 Sweden4.0%

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 = 3.660016 X +6.557
Correlation coefficient (r)0.167
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.028

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 323499.899739 X +29485.806
Correlation coefficient (r)0.589
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.347

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -8.291558 X +83.697
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.229
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.052

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 0.639663 X +1.545
Correlation coefficient (r)0.066
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -22.252857 X +12.612
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.420
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.176