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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements? - Ethnic minorities should be given government assistance to preserve their customs and traditions.
Choices: "Agree strongly" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Disagree strongly"
Data: % of "Agree strongly" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
26 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Slovenia75.1%
2 Poland73.2%
3 Hungary68.0%
4 Israel62.5%
5 Republic of Korea62.4%
6 Portugal60.8%
7 Latvia54.9%
8 Japan 52.6%
9 Finland45.6%
10 Slovakia42.3%
11 Switzerland42.1%
12 Spain41.2%
13 Ireland40.3%
14 Germany37.1%
15 Czech Republic36.9%
16 Austria36.8%
17 Sweden24.2%
18 United States22.9%
19 France19.7%
20 New Zealand17.8%
21 United Kingdom17.5%
22 Australia16.9%
23 Norway16.8%
24 Canada16.6%
25 Denmark15.0%
26 Netherlands14.7%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 12 countries.

Source
ISSP 2003

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -1.329411 X +7.299
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.535
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.286

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -68129.668612 X +75735.412
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.541
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.293

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -5.167878 X +82.700
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.318
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.101

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -0.122924 X +1.641
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.068
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 4.040159 X +8.958
Correlation coefficient (r)0.234
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.055