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Question: How important is it in a democracy that citizens may engage in acts of civil disobedience when they oppose government actions?
Choices: 1 "Not at all important" - 7 "Very important"
Data: Average score
Period:
Area:
29 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Slovakia5.98
2 Poland5.96
3 Latvia5.82
4 Slovenia5.60
5 Hungary5.53
6 Republic of Korea5.41
7 Germany5.33
8 Portugal5.30
9 Spain5.04
10 Belgium4.99
11 Czech Republic4.93
12 Japan4.77
13 Mexico4.69
14 France4.68
15 Chile4.66
16 Sweden4.64
17 Finland 4.62
18 Switzerland4.40
19 Norway4.31
20 Netherlands4.24
21 Austria4.23
22 Israel4.13
23 Denmark4.12
24 Ireland4.03
25 United States3.99
26 New Zealand3.98
27 Canada3.83
28 United Kingdom3.74
29 Australia3.69

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 = -0.422884 X +8.759
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.610
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.372

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -24026.158245 X +159915.975
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.647
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.419

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -2.414511 X +91.680
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.453
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.205

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -0.149746 X +2.305
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.300
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.090

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 1.346161 X +4.041
Correlation coefficient (r)0.265
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.070