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Question: Thinking now about politics in the country, to what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? - "Political parties encourage people to become active in politics"
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States50.7%
2 Sweden30.7%
3 Germany28.0%
4 United Kingdom23.8%
5 France 19.4%
6 Australia19.3%
7 Japan18.4%
8 Republic of Korea15.3%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2014

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.490888 X +6.282
Correlation coefficient (r)0.383
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.147

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 105369.800222 X +22942.961
Correlation coefficient (r)0.790
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.624

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -19.965594 X +86.956
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.880
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.774

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.131743 X +1.223
Correlation coefficient (r)0.398
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.158

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -1.294340 X +12.374
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.033
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001