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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 stop and search people in the street at random?
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 States77.7%
2 Republic of Korea65.3%
3 Australia55.4%
4 Germany52.7%
5 Japan46.8%
6 Canada39.1%
7 France 19.3%

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 = -0.180373 X +6.682
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.087
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 36399.553168 X +31982.913
Correlation coefficient (r)0.422
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.178

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -7.305699 X +85.619
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.506
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.256

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -0.636307 X +1.797
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.350
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.122

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 13.402434 X +5.667
Correlation coefficient (r)0.583
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.340