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Question: In your opinion, about how many politicians are involved in corruption?
Choices: "Almost none" "A few" "Some" "Quite a lot" "Almost all"
Data: % of "Quite a lot" "Almost all"
Period:
Area:
23 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Israel83.4%
2 Latvia74.8%
3 Republic of Korea71.0%
4 Hungary69.8%
5 Poland62.1%
6 Spain57.7%
7 Slovenia57.3%
8 Portugal56.8%
9 Czech Republic50.8%
10 Chile 45.0%
11 France42.4%
12 Japan42.2%
13 Germany32.4%
14 Ireland30.2%
15 United States29.9%
16 Canada29.8%
17 Switzerland21.9%
18 Australia17.1%
19 Finland16.1%
20 New Zealand13.6%
21 Netherlands13.3%
22 Norway10.9%
23 Denmark3.4%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 15 countries.

Source
ISSP 2006

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -1.441928 X +7.341
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.663
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.440

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -75862.481843 X +79364.281
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.656
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.430

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -5.605381 X +83.006
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.411
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.169

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = 0.159930 X +1.527
Correlation coefficient (r)0.098
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = 2.297872 X +9.632
Correlation coefficient (r)0.149
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022