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Question: How important is it in a democracy that all citizens have an adequate standard of living?
Choices: 1 "Not at all important" - 7 "Very important"
Data: Average score
Period:
Area:
29 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Chile6.79
2 Spain6.70
3 Mexico6.67
3 Portugal6.67
5 France6.62
6 Slovakia6.61
7 Israel6.60
8 Ireland6.59
9 Australia6.57
10 Norway6.56
11 Denmark6.53
12 Hungary6.50
12 Sweden6.50
14 Poland6.48
15 Finland 6.44
16 Latvia6.43
16 Slovenia6.43
18 New Zealand6.40
19 United Kingdom6.31
19 United States6.31
21 Netherlands6.26
22 Austria6.24
23 Germany6.23
24 Canada6.22
25 Switzerland6.18
26 Belgium6.08
27 Republic of Korea6.00
28 Japan5.96
29 Czech Republic5.74

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 9 countries.

Source
ISSP 2004

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 0.037407 X +6.527
Correlation coefficient (r)0.020
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -6091.223502 X +85699.376
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.060
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -2.787786 X +98.147
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.190
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.036

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 0.338014 X -0.564
Correlation coefficient (r)0.246
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.061

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -6.455401 X +51.703
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.461
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.213