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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 tap people's telephone conversations?
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:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France 90.0%
2 Australia88.0%
2 Sweden88.0%
4 United Kingdom83.3%
5 Germany77.2%
6 Japan59.0%
7 United States51.3%
8 Republic of Korea28.5%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2016

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.453679 X +5.638
Correlation coefficient (r)0.732
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.536

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 16451.453644 X +38397.992
Correlation coefficient (r)0.242
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.059

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.288386 X +80.915
Correlation coefficient (r)0.111
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.223375 X +0.649
Correlation coefficient (r)0.844
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.712

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -16.696512 X +23.839
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.841
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.707