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Question: Thinking now about politics in the country, to what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? - "Referendums are a good way to decide important political questions"
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
26 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Switzerland87.2%
2 Germany76.0%
3 Republic of Korea74.5%
4 Denmark74.2%
5 Iceland73.7%
6 Spain73.6%
7 France72.6%
8 Norway69.8%
9 Australia69.7%
10 Austria69.4%
11 Poland67.9%
12 Sweden66.9%
13 Czech Republic65.4%
14 Israel61.8%
15 Finland61.7%
16 Netherlands61.6%
17 Japan61.2%
18 United Kingdom61.0%
19 Chile 60.7%
20 Belgium59.8%
21 Lithuania59.2%
22 Slovakia59.1%
23 United States53.3%
24 Turkiye53.2%
25 Slovenia47.4%
26 Hungary44.4%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 12 countries.

Source
ISSP 2014

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 2.257592 X +5.300
Correlation coefficient (r)0.356
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.127

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 126711.588730 X -35921.785
Correlation coefficient (r)0.494
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.244

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 20.058431 X +67.410
Correlation coefficient (r)0.582
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.339

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -0.661535 X +2.039
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.173
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.030

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -3.727784 X +13.057
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.086
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007