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Question: Suppose the government suspected that a terrorist act was about to happen. Do you think the authorities should have the right to stop and search people in the street at random?
Choices: "Definitely should have right" "Probably should have right" "Probably should not have right" "Definitely should not have right"
Data: % of "Definitely should have right" "Probably should have right"
Period:
Area:
23 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Hungary81.7%
2 Denmark80.4%
3 United States77.7%
4 Netherlands75.2%
5 Republic of Korea65.3%
6 Switzerland58.6%
7 Norway57.7%
8 New Zealand56.5%
9 Czech Republic56.3%
10 Australia55.4%
11 Germany52.7%
12 Ireland51.6%
13 Israel51.4%
14 Portugal50.8%
15 Chile47.2%
16 Japan 46.8%
17 Finland45.6%
18 Poland44.4%
19 Slovenia44.3%
20 Canada39.1%
21 Spain30.9%
22 France19.3%
23 Latvia18.3%

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

No data for 15 countries.

Source
ISSP 2006

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = 0.675060 X +6.403
Correlation coefficient (r)0.225
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.051

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = 47887.356050 X +23492.167
Correlation coefficient (r)0.300
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.090

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -0.779092 X +81.144
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.041
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = 0.057668 X +1.561
Correlation coefficient (r)0.026
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = 1.393058 X +9.832
Correlation coefficient (r)0.066
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004