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Question: How important is it in a democracy that people be given more opportunities to participate in public decision-making?
Choices: 1 "Not at all important" - 7 "Very important"
Data: Average score
Period:
Area:
29 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Mexico6.57
2 Chile6.46
3 Poland6.37
4 Slovakia6.34
5 Portugal6.33
6 Spain6.32
7 Germany6.30
8 Republic of Korea6.20
9 Ireland6.17
10 United States6.15
11 Slovenia6.12
12 Japan6.07
12 Latvia6.07
14 France6.06
15 Australia6.04
16 Canada6.02
16 New Zealand6.02
18 Netherlands6.01
19 Norway6.00
20 Hungary5.98
21 Austria5.97
22 Sweden5.94
22 United Kingdom5.94
24 Israel5.93
25 Belgium5.77
26 Czech Republic5.74
27 Denmark5.70
27 Finland 5.70
29 Switzerland5.37

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 = -1.060148 X +13.188
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.573
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.328

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -50534.920650 X +352813.557
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.510
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.260

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -6.062944 X +117.028
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.426
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.181

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -0.234194 X +3.018
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.176
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.031

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -2.458431 X +25.275
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.181
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.033