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Question: In politics people sometimes talk of left and right. Where would you place yourself on a scale from 0 to 10 where 0 means the left and 10 means the right?
Choices: 0 "Left" - 10 "Right"
Data: % of 0-2
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden23.6%
2 France16.9%
3 Australia13.2%
4 United Kingdom12.7%
5 United States10.8%
6 Germany10.4%
7 Republic of Korea4.6%
8 Japan 4.1%

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 = 6.122324 X +5.928
Correlation coefficient (r)0.879
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.773

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 98320.183555 X +38187.708
Correlation coefficient (r)0.412
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.170

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -1.905675 X +82.054
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.047
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 3.633075 X +1.076
Correlation coefficient (r)0.715
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.511

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -27.850502 X +15.394
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.400
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.160