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Question: How important is it in a democracy that government authorities respect and protect the rights of minorities?
Choices: 1 "Not at all important" - 7 "Very important"
Data: Average score
Period:
Area:
29 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Chile6.72
2 Mexico6.68
3 Spain6.53
4 Israel6.52
5 Portugal6.49
6 Denmark6.41
7 France6.40
8 Poland6.34
9 Ireland6.32
10 Sweden6.28
11 Germany6.24
12 United States6.21
13 Slovenia6.17
14 Slovakia6.12
14 Switzerland6.12
16 Norway6.06
17 Finland 6.03
18 Australia6.00
19 Austria5.96
19 Canada5.96
21 New Zealand5.95
22 Latvia5.94
23 Belgium5.93
24 Hungary5.85
25 Netherlands5.82
26 United Kingdom5.77
27 Republic of Korea5.55
28 Czech Republic5.48
29 Japan4.46

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 = 0.215708 X +5.455
Correlation coefficient (r)0.199
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.040

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 984.929506 X +40723.313
Correlation coefficient (r)0.017
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -1.868011 X +91.660
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.225
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.051

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 0.250284 X +0.078
Correlation coefficient (r)0.321
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.103

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -3.747856 X +33.170
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.472
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.223