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Question: On average, how often do you watch political news on television?
Choices: "Every day" "3-4 days a week" "1-2 days a week" "Fewer than 1-2 days a week" "Never"
Data: % of "Never"
Period:
Area:
16 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Belgium12.5%
2 Australia9.5%
3 Canada8.0%
4 Spain7.7%
5 Switzerland6.9%
6 New Zealand6.8%
7 France5.8%
8 Latvia5.7%
9 Czech Republic5.4%
9 Finland 5.4%
11 Japan5.1%
12 Sweden4.0%
13 Denmark3.8%
14 Slovakia3.0%
15 Portugal1.1%
16 Netherlands0.0%

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 22 countries.

Source
ISSP 2004

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = 1.026001 X +6.777
Correlation coefficient (r)0.059
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = 139871.278634 X +38577.547
Correlation coefficient (r)0.216
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.047

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = 25.542896 X +79.696
Correlation coefficient (r)0.244
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.060

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = -0.198888 X +1.580
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.034
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = 28.602273 X +8.853
Correlation coefficient (r)0.324
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.105