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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with the statement "I feel I have a pretty good understanding of the important political issues facing the country"?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
27 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Belgium73.2%
1 Ireland73.2%
3 Denmark71.6%
4 Netherlands68.7%
5 Australia68.6%
5 New Zealand68.6%
7 Canada63.9%
8 Israel63.2%
9 Germany62.3%
10 Austria60.0%
11 Norway59.6%
12 Poland59.5%
13 Finland55.4%
14 Spain53.1%
15 United States53.0%
16 France50.6%
17 Switzerland47.3%
18 Slovenia46.0%
19 Portugal45.8%
20 Slovakia41.7%
21 Mexico41.0%
22 Republic of Korea35.2%
23 Chile35.1%
24 Hungary33.4%
24 Latvia33.4%
26 Czech Republic33.2%
27 Japan 28.1%

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

No data for 11 countries.

Source
ISSP 2004

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 2.328854 X +5.517
Correlation coefficient (r)0.689
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.475

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 112477.844589 X -12944.143
Correlation coefficient (r)0.605
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.366

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 10.813660 X +74.475
Correlation coefficient (r)0.409
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.167

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 0.638683 X +1.261
Correlation coefficient (r)0.255
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.065

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -6.419436 X +13.828
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.258
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.067