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Question: When you hold a strong opinion about politics, how often do you try to persuade your friends, relatives or fellow workers to share your views?
Choices: "Often" "Sometimes" "Rarely" "Never"
Data: % of "Often" "Sometimes"
Period:
Area:
26 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Netherlands48.7%
2 France48.2%
3 Norway44.8%
4 Denmark44.3%
5 Switzerland44.1%
6 Belgium41.2%
7 Sweden40.1%
8 Iceland39.5%
9 Germany37.7%
10 Israel34.5%
11 United States33.1%
12 Australia31.5%
13 Republic of Korea31.3%
14 Czech Republic30.4%
15 Austria30.2%
16 United Kingdom30.1%
17 Spain28.5%
18 Lithuania28.3%
19 Poland28.1%
20 Turkiye27.5%
21 Hungary25.7%
22 Slovakia24.6%
23 Finland 18.7%
24 Chile15.7%
25 Slovenia14.6%
26 Japan14.4%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 12 countries.

Source
ISSP 2014

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 2.639328 X +5.915
Correlation coefficient (r)0.435
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.189

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 150983.750589 X -253.661
Correlation coefficient (r)0.648
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.420

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 7.192733 X +78.496
Correlation coefficient (r)0.294
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.086

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 0.530917 X +1.354
Correlation coefficient (r)0.150
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -4.864817 X +12.205
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.117
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014