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Question: When you get together with your friends, relatives or fellow workers, how often do you discuss politics?
Choices: "Often" "Sometimes" "Rarely" "Never"
Data: % of "Often" "Sometimes"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France 0.6%
1 Germany0.6%
1 Sweden0.6%
4 Australia0.5%
4 Republic of Korea0.5%
4 United Kingdom0.5%
7 Japan0.3%
7 United States0.3%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2014

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 162.494253 X +5.873
Correlation coefficient (r)0.459
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.211

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -2122022.988506 X +60367.862
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.175
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.031

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 627.586207 X +78.766
Correlation coefficient (r)0.304
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.092

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 61.954023 X +1.212
Correlation coefficient (r)0.239
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.057

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -1027.011494 X +17.048
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.290
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.084