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Question: When you hold a strong opinion about politics, how often do you try to persuade your friends, relatives or fellow workers to share your views?
Choices: "Often" "Sometimes" "Rarely" "Never"
Data: % of "Often" "Sometimes"
Period:
Area:
29 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France55.7%
2 Netherlands52.9%
3 Denmark52.4%
4 Israel48.3%
5 Norway47.5%
6 Switzerland45.6%
7 Sweden43.3%
8 Canada42.9%
9 Portugal42.3%
10 United States41.5%
11 Republic of Korea39.8%
12 Latvia37.9%
13 New Zealand37.7%
14 Germany37.4%
15 Slovakia36.5%
16 Mexico35.6%
17 Belgium35.0%
18 Austria33.5%
19 Australia32.1%
20 Slovenia29.1%
21 United Kingdom28.9%
22 Poland28.5%
23 Czech Republic27.7%
24 Ireland26.2%
25 Spain25.4%
26 Hungary25.1%
27 Japan 20.1%
28 Finland18.5%
29 Chile18.0%

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 9 countries.

Source
ISSP 2004

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 1.538658 X +6.212
Correlation coefficient (r)0.335
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.112

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 93647.787031 X +12952.932
Correlation coefficient (r)0.381
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.145

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 6.083388 X +78.110
Correlation coefficient (r)0.172
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.030

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 0.994598 X +1.241
Correlation coefficient (r)0.301
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.091

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -2.182868 X +11.171
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.065
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004