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Question: Would you like to see more or less government spending in education? Remember that if you say "much more", it might require a tax increase to pay for it.
Choices: "Spend much more" "Spend more" "Spend the same as now" "Spend less" "Spend much less"
Data: % of "Spend much more" "Spend more"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany87.8%
2 United States78.4%
3 Australia72.0%
4 United Kingdom71.6%
5 Sweden66.6%
6 Japan58.3%
7 Republic of Korea56.9%
8 France 55.4%

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 = 1.757556 X +5.463
Correlation coefficient (r)0.453
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.205

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 80755.119722 X -5193.313
Correlation coefficient (r)0.607
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.368

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -13.840771 X +91.289
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.612
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.375

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.040307 X +0.802
Correlation coefficient (r)0.367
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.135

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -15.917108 X +22.925
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.410
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.168