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Question: Which one of these do you think should be the country's highest priority?
Choices: "Maintain order in the nation" "Give people more say in government decisions" "Fight rising prices" "Protect freedom of speech"
Data: % of "Give people more say in government decisions"
Period:
Area:
17 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 New Zealand50.3%
2 Canada47.5%
3 Japan 44.6%
4 Germany37.4%
5 Italy37.1%
6 United States36.7%
7 United Kingdom35.4%
8 Ireland32.5%
9 Slovenia32.1%
10 Australia28.7%
11 Israel23.5%
12 Spain23.0%
13 Norway20.8%
14 Hungary20.7%
15 Netherlands20.1%
16 Czech Republic18.3%
17 Poland16.6%

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

No data for 21 countries.

Source
ISSP 1993

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -0.425862 X +6.885
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.112
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 22936.040848 X +42827.999
Correlation coefficient (r)0.093
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 11.627308 X +77.237
Correlation coefficient (r)0.410
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.168

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -0.785773 X +1.866
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.209
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.044

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 4.960641 X +7.947
Correlation coefficient (r)0.181
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.033