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Question: Suppose the government suspected that a terrorist act was about to happen. Do you think the authorities should have the right to detain people for as long as they want without putting them on trial?
Choices: "Definitely should have right" "Probably should have right" "Probably should not have right" "Definitely should not have right"
Data: % of "Definitely should have right" "Probably should have right"
Period:
Area:
23 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States67.7%
2 Czech Republic64.2%
3 New Zealand59.8%
4 Slovenia59.1%
5 Ireland57.8%
6 Israel56.3%
7 Australia55.9%
8 Poland54.5%
9 Norway52.6%
10 Canada52.0%
11 Spain49.5%
12 Germany47.3%
13 France45.4%
14 Denmark44.6%
15 Netherlands44.5%
16 Chile 43.7%
17 Hungary43.1%
18 Portugal42.2%
19 Japan41.9%
20 Republic of Korea40.5%
21 Finland38.9%
22 Switzerland35.0%
23 Latvia29.4%

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 = 1.176788 X +6.181
Correlation coefficient (r)0.222
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.049

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = 58922.157773 X +19783.105
Correlation coefficient (r)0.209
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.044

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -0.710744 X +81.083
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.021
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = 1.373250 X +0.920
Correlation coefficient (r)0.345
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.119

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -7.332831 X +14.153
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.196
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.038