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Question: In politics people sometimes talk of left and right. Where would you place yourself on a scale from 0 to 10 where 0 means the left and 10 means the right?
Choices: 0 "Left" - 10 "Right"
Data: % of 4-6
Period:
Area:
26 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea64.6%
2 Japan63.2%
3 Germany60.5%
4 United States58.8%
5 Chile56.8%
6 Lithuania56.7%
7 Austria56.6%
8 Spain56.2%
9 Slovenia55.9%
10 Switzerland55.7%
11 United Kingdom48.6%
12 Hungary47.5%
13 Poland47.2%
14 Belgium45.9%
15 Slovakia45.8%
16 Australia45.2%
17 Czech Republic44.7%
18 Iceland42.3%
19 Finland 41.9%
20 France40.0%
21 Turkiye39.1%
22 Israel36.7%
23 Norway35.6%
24 Netherlands35.4%
25 Denmark34.1%
26 Sweden31.1%

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 = -2.403766 X +7.942
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.347
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.120

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -66690.459150 X +78174.377
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.265
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.070

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -2.004967 X +81.372
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.059
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -2.070580 X +2.603
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.553
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.306

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 17.153932 X +2.420
Correlation coefficient (r)0.404
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.163