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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 = -2.547389 X +7.984
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.410
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.168

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -51558.802931 X +72992.356
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.216
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.047

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -2.426656 X +81.971
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.097
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -1.750395 X +2.363
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.483
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.233

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