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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 Sweden42.7%
2 United Kingdom42.7%
4 Republic of Korea39.5%
5 Australia29.7%
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 data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.539481 X +6.122
Correlation coefficient (r)0.268
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.072

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 70522.657005 X +25163.763
Correlation coefficient (r)0.358
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.128

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -16.268116 X +87.560
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.486
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.236

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.598913 X +1.725
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.143
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 17.447947 X +5.891
Correlation coefficient (r)0.304
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.092