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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with the statement "People like me don't have any say about what the government does"?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy72.3%
2 Germany69.3%
3 United States67.9%
4 Australia51.1%
5 Canada45.3%
6 France 20.2%
7 Japan17.8%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. 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 1996

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.471136 X +6.396
Correlation coefficient (r)0.317
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.100

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 26736.980527 X +37612.932
Correlation coefficient (r)0.385
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.148

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -6.200020 X +84.846
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.536
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.287

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -0.121100 X +1.595
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.128
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -4.484693 X +12.288
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.318
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.101