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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 "Maintain order in the nation"
Period:
Area:
17 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Norway57.7%
2 Israel55.8%
3 Czech Republic48.2%
4 Australia41.5%
5 Italy41.2%
6 Poland41.1%
7 Slovenia40.9%
8 Germany40.5%
9 Hungary40.2%
10 Netherlands38.5%
11 United Kingdom37.9%
12 Ireland37.4%
13 Spain36.2%
14 New Zealand31.3%
15 United States31.2%
16 Japan 30.1%
17 Canada21.7%

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 = 1.703346 X +6.081
Correlation coefficient (r)0.374
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.140

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 48529.104607 X +30749.094
Correlation coefficient (r)0.164
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -1.081878 X +81.257
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.032
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 2.350492 X +0.695
Correlation coefficient (r)0.522
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.272

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -10.584656 X +13.660
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.322
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.104