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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with the statement "People like me don't have any say about what the government does"?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
21 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Slovenia72.1%
2 Lithuania67.0%
3 Hungary66.7%
4 Israel56.6%
5 Austria54.2%
6 Australia53.6%
7 Mexico53.3%
8 Germany52.5%
9 Finland 51.4%
10 Slovakia51.1%
11 Czech Republic49.1%
12 United Kingdom48.4%
13 United States41.2%
14 New Zealand38.3%
15 Sweden37.6%
16 Denmark32.7%
17 Iceland32.3%
18 France28.5%
19 Switzerland26.8%
20 Spain15.0%
21 Japan9.4%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 17 countries.

Source
ISSP 2017

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 0.089108 X +6.827
Correlation coefficient (r)0.031
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -44243.376750 X +68688.114
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.331
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.110

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -9.724823 X +85.038
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.565
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.319

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 0.522404 X +1.348
Correlation coefficient (r)0.250
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.062

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 6.134653 X +7.656
Correlation coefficient (r)0.284
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.081