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Question: Which of these issues is the most important for your country today?
Choices: "Health care" "Education" "Crime" "The environment" "Immigration" "The economy" "Terrorism" "Poverty" "None of these" (some other choices for Korea)
Data: % of "Poverty"
Period:
Area:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Slovakia25.5%
2 Lithuania14.8%
3 Italy14.6%
4 New Zealand14.4%
5 Slovenia13.3%
6 Hungary13.0%
7 Iceland7.8%
8 Spain7.5%
9 Japan 6.7%
10 United States5.7%
11 Austria5.4%
12 Switzerland5.1%
13 France4.9%
14 Australia4.7%
15 Germany4.5%
16 Finland4.2%
17 Norway4.1%
18 Republic of Korea3.8%
19 Denmark2.9%
20 Sweden2.4%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 18 countries.

Source
ISSP 2020

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -3.797622 X +7.129
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.424
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.180

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -219634.188349 X +70214.416
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.567
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.321

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -22.489247 X +83.069
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.515
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.265

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 0.431003 X +1.402
Correlation coefficient (r)0.111
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -3.889342 X +11.667
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.055
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003