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Question: On average, how often do you watch political news on television?
Choices: "Several times a day" "Once a day" "5-6 days a week" "3-4 days a week" "1-2 days a week" "Less than 1-2 days a week" "Never"
Data: % of "Several times a day" "Once a day"
(For Czech Republic "Daily" "3-4 times a week" "1-2 times a week" "Less than 1-2 times a week" "Never", The data is % of "Daily")
Period:
Area:
18 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Spain70.6%
2 Turkiye61.7%
3 Lithuania60.9%
4 Japan60.5%
5 Republic of Korea58.0%
6 Hungary57.9%
7 Czech Republic55.0%
8 Netherlands51.3%
9 Switzerland46.1%
10 France43.9%
11 Denmark43.5%
12 Finland41.5%
13 Iceland41.0%
14 Australia39.9%
15 Poland39.0%
16 Belgium38.7%
17 Chile 32.9%
18 United Kingdom32.3%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 20 countries.

Source
ISSP 2014

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -2.910860 X +8.110
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.479
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.229

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -76213.397231 X +79150.588
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.370
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.137

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -4.484331 X +82.612
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.147
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -0.797445 X +1.924
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.329
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.108

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 3.933491 X +8.799
Correlation coefficient (r)0.095
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009