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Question: Do you think that the government should have the right to collect information about anyone living in their country without their knowledge?
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 Australia67.6%
2 United Kingdom66.2%
3 Sweden66.1%
4 France 62.2%
5 United States49.5%
6 Germany26.9%
7 Japan25.8%
8 Republic of Korea20.2%

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 = 1.689213 X +5.853
Correlation coefficient (r)0.786
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.618

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 38004.776421 X +31756.954
Correlation coefficient (r)0.516
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.266

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -1.772711 X +82.677
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.142
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.181372 X +0.946
Correlation coefficient (r)0.753
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.567

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -10.551423 X +17.113
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.491
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.241