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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with the statement "People like me don't have any say about what the government does"?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
26 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Slovenia79.1%
2 Poland67.8%
3 Lithuania66.1%
4 Czech Republic65.8%
5 Spain63.6%
6 Slovakia58.0%
7 Israel55.8%
8 Austria55.0%
9 Belgium53.8%
10 Republic of Korea53.3%
11 Hungary52.3%
12 Finland51.0%
13 Denmark48.2%
14 United Kingdom47.3%
15 United States45.9%
16 Australia45.0%
17 Netherlands43.2%
18 Germany39.2%
19 Sweden31.7%
20 Turkiye28.4%
21 Iceland25.6%
22 Norway24.8%
23 Switzerland23.8%
24 Chile17.6%
25 Japan 11.4%
26 France6.4%

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 = 0.199725 X +6.674
Correlation coefficient (r)0.061
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -42315.843174 X +65092.696
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.322
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.104

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -6.817053 X +83.453
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.387
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.150

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -0.116785 X +1.662
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.060
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 4.818970 X +8.491
Correlation coefficient (r)0.217
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.047