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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:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States44.3%
2 United Kingdom42.7%
6 Germany28.6%
7 Japan27.3%
8 France 27.2%

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 data5
Regression equation
Y = 1.821034 X +5.953
Correlation coefficient (r)0.543
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.295

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 145223.194777 X +3248.069
Correlation coefficient (r)0.713
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.508

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -17.935697 X +87.382
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.632
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.399

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 0.730630 X +1.301
Correlation coefficient (r)0.313
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.098

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 5.294172 X +8.509
Correlation coefficient (r)0.150
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022