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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 "Protect freedom of speech"
Period:
Area:
17 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Netherlands25.4%
2 Czech Republic18.4%
3 Australia15.9%
4 Israel14.0%
5 Norway12.8%
6 United States12.0%
7 New Zealand11.3%
8 Spain10.9%
9 Japan 10.2%
10 Canada9.6%
11 Italy8.2%
12 Germany8.1%
12 Ireland8.1%
14 United Kingdom8.0%
15 Slovenia6.6%
16 Poland3.7%
17 Hungary3.3%

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 = 4.786946 X +6.228
Correlation coefficient (r)0.644
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.415

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 134642.657865 X +35144.144
Correlation coefficient (r)0.279
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.078

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 15.728402 X +79.104
Correlation coefficient (r)0.284
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.081

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 2.111485 X +1.391
Correlation coefficient (r)0.287
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.082

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -2.768555 X +9.783
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.052
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003