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Question: In your opinion, about how many politicians are involved in corruption?
Choices: "Almost none" "A few" "Some" "Quite a lot" "Almost all"
Data: % of "Quite a lot" "Almost all"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea71.0%
2 France 42.4%
3 Japan42.2%
4 Germany32.4%
5 United States29.9%
6 Canada29.8%
7 Australia17.1%

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 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 2006

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.958343 X +7.331
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.852
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.726

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -71715.572855 X +77639.262
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.753
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.567

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 4.691877 X +80.125
Correlation coefficient (r)0.295
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.087

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.594877 X +2.076
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.794
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.630

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 18.726871 X +5.404
Correlation coefficient (r)0.737
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.543