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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 "Maintain order in the nation"
Period:
Area:
22 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Norway58.8%
2 Austria58.5%
3 Sweden55.4%
4 Denmark54.9%
5 Latvia49.7%
6 Switzerland48.6%
7 Ireland47.8%
7 Netherlands47.8%
9 Czech Republic46.0%
10 Israel44.4%
11 Finland43.9%
12 New Zealand43.7%
13 Spain41.4%
14 Germany39.0%
15 United Kingdom38.3%
16 United States37.9%
17 Mexico36.8%
18 Chile36.2%
19 Portugal35.8%
20 Slovenia35.5%
21 Japan 29.2%
22 Canada23.8%

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

No data for 16 countries.

Source
ISSP 2000

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 2.702771 X +5.688
Correlation coefficient (r)0.531
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.282

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 136156.309277 X -8686.148
Correlation coefficient (r)0.465
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.216

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 3.692514 X +78.991
Correlation coefficient (r)0.096
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 0.595797 X +1.373
Correlation coefficient (r)0.158
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.025

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 2.016347 X +8.888
Correlation coefficient (r)0.060
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004