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Question: Would you like to see more or less government spending in the military and defence? 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:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Australia26.8%
2 United States18.6%
3 Japan9.7%
4 Canada8.2%
5 Germany7.3%
6 France 7.2%
6 Italy7.2%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. 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 1996

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 2.393325 X +6.337
Correlation coefficient (r)0.539
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.291

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 151079.143731 X +32403.104
Correlation coefficient (r)0.728
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.530

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -7.446687 X +82.704
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.215
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.046

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 1.126361 X +1.399
Correlation coefficient (r)0.399
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.159

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 22.481264 X +7.354
Correlation coefficient (r)0.533
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.284