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Question: Suppose the government suspected that a terrorist act was about to happen. Do you think the authorities should have the right to detain people for as long as they want without putting them on trial?
Choices: "Definitely should have right" "Probably should have right" "Probably should not have right" "Definitely should not have right"
Data: % of "Definitely should have right" "Probably should have right"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States67.7%
2 Australia55.9%
3 Canada52.0%
4 Germany47.3%
5 France 45.4%
6 Japan41.9%
7 Republic of Korea40.5%

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 = 2.736380 X +5.219
Correlation coefficient (r)0.663
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.440

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 167757.560503 X -33536.252
Correlation coefficient (r)0.981
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.962

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -23.128985 X +93.488
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.810
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.656

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 1.926390 X +0.508
Correlation coefficient (r)0.534
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.285

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -5.918447 X +15.454
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.130
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017