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Question: Suppose a law were being considered by the parliament that you considered to be unjust or harmful, and that you take some action. How likely is it that the parliament would give serious attention to your demands?
Choices: "Very likely" "Fairly likely" "Not very likely" "Not at all likely"
Data: % of "Very likely" "Fairly likely"
Period:
Area:
27 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Mexico37.2%
2 Republic of Korea34.9%
3 Denmark29.4%
4 Israel27.8%
5 Poland24.8%
6 New Zealand22.9%
7 Chile 20.6%
8 Netherlands19.7%
9 Canada19.6%
10 United States18.5%
11 Switzerland18.1%
12 Ireland17.8%
13 Latvia17.6%
14 France16.5%
15 Belgium14.8%
16 Portugal14.0%
17 Austria13.7%
18 Australia12.9%
19 Czech Republic12.8%
19 Finland12.8%
21 Spain12.1%
22 Norway12.0%
23 Slovakia11.5%
24 Slovenia10.8%
25 Germany9.5%
26 Hungary8.5%
27 Japan6.9%

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

No data for 11 countries.

Source
ISSP 2004

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 0.877100 X +6.591
Correlation coefficient (r)0.142
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -22255.827627 X +50344.300
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.065
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -9.631661 X +81.886
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.199
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.040

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 0.634508 X +1.486
Correlation coefficient (r)0.138
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.019

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -1.860037 X +10.769
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.041
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002