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Question: Would you like to see more or less government spending in the police and law enforcement? 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 Germany76.5%
2 Sweden75.2%
3 Republic of Korea66.7%
4 United Kingdom60.6%
5 Australia57.3%
6 United States50.7%
7 France 43.4%
8 Japan16.8%

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 = 1.232190 X +5.976
Correlation coefficient (r)0.543
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.295

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 18616.593198 X +39616.324
Correlation coefficient (r)0.239
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.057

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -2.096134 X +82.997
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.158
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.025

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.034042 X +1.495
Correlation coefficient (r)0.021
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.417264 X +11.808
Correlation coefficient (r)0.018
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000