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Question: Here is a scale from 0 to 10 where 0 is gall government information should be publicly available, even if this meant a risk to public securityh and 10 is gpublic security should be given priority, even if this meant limiting access to government informationh. Where would you place yourself on such a scale?
Data: Average score
Period:
Area:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United Kingdom6.65
2 Finland 6.62
3 Australia6.59
3 Czech Republic6.59
5 Israel6.50
6 Norway6.48
7 Iceland6.38
8 Belgium6.37
9 France6.32
10 Switzerland6.22
11 Sweden6.18
12 Germany6.16
12 Japan6.16
14 United States6.13
15 New Zealand6.11
16 Slovenia5.92
17 Latvia5.78
18 Denmark5.70
19 Lithuania5.69
20 Turkiye5.54
21 Slovakia5.48
22 Republic of Korea5.43
23 Hungary5.39
24 Spain5.15
25 Chile5.12

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 13 countries.

Source
ISSP 2016

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 0.769438 X +2.101
Correlation coefficient (r)0.597
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.356

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 29971.877022 X -134913.960
Correlation coefficient (r)0.579
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.335

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 2.991472 X +62.288
Correlation coefficient (r)0.405
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.164

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 0.295793 X -0.157
Correlation coefficient (r)0.385
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.148

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -0.297165 X +12.753
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.033
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001