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Question: On average, how often do you use the Internet to obtain political news or information?
Choices: "Several times a day" "Once a day" "5-6 days a week" "3-4 days a week" "1-2 days a week" "Less than 1-2 days a week" "Never"
Data: % of "Several times a day" "Once a day"
(For Czech Republic "Daily" "3-4 times a week" "1-2 times a week" "Less than 1-2 times a week" "Never", The data is % of "Daily")
Period:
Area:
17 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea43.9%
2 Iceland40.2%
3 Belgium31.7%
4 Czech Republic30.1%
5 Switzerland28.2%
6 Netherlands27.3%
7 Lithuania26.4%
8 Finland24.4%
9 Spain22.6%
10 Turkiye21.3%
11 France19.9%
12 Japan 19.3%
13 Australia18.8%
14 United Kingdom18.2%
15 Hungary12.6%
16 Poland10.0%
17 Chile9.9%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 21 countries.

Source
ISSP 2014

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 2.065467 X +6.151
Correlation coefficient (r)0.295
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.087

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 106001.193097 X +15334.363
Correlation coefficient (r)0.440
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.194

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 15.681600 X +76.642
Correlation coefficient (r)0.422
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.178

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -0.508512 X +1.646
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.175
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.031

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 23.925431 X +5.194
Correlation coefficient (r)0.484
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.234