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Question: On average, how often do you listen to political news on the radio?
Choices: "Every day" "3-4 days a week" "1-2 days a week" "Fewer than 1-2 days a week" "Never"
Data: % of "Every day"
Period:
Area:
16 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Switzerland57.9%
2 France37.1%
3 Slovakia35.1%
4 Latvia31.7%
5 Denmark27.1%
6 Portugal24.6%
7 Canada23.6%
8 Spain22.5%
9 Czech Republic21.2%
10 Australia20.1%
11 Netherlands20.0%
12 Sweden19.2%
13 Belgium18.8%
14 New Zealand16.8%
15 Finland14.8%
16 Japan 12.3%

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 22 countries.

Source
ISSP 2004

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = -0.545533 X +6.972
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.115
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = 60776.182446 X +31206.096
Correlation coefficient (r)0.340
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.116

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = -4.959431 X +82.392
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.172
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.030

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = 0.273933 X +1.500
Correlation coefficient (r)0.169
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.029

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = -4.017502 X +11.486
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.165
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027