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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 tap people's telephone conversations?
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 Denmark88.7%
2 Norway85.6%
3 Netherlands82.7%
4 Switzerland82.0%
5 Australia78.2%
6 United States77.7%
7 France77.0%
8 New Zealand76.2%
9 Finland73.1%
10 Germany70.0%
11 Czech Republic64.3%
12 Israel64.2%
13 Canada61.0%
14 Portugal57.0%
15 Poland52.7%
16 Spain49.1%
17 Hungary47.2%
18 Japan 47.1%
19 Chile45.8%
20 Ireland45.6%
21 Slovenia36.6%
22 Latvia30.1%
23 Republic of Korea27.8%

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 = 2.034699 X +5.501
Correlation coefficient (r)0.735
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.540

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = 87455.433513 X -5356.034
Correlation coefficient (r)0.594
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.353

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = 5.160870 X +77.549
Correlation coefficient (r)0.297
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.088

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = 0.668810 X +1.179
Correlation coefficient (r)0.321
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.103

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -7.965998 X +15.481
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.407
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.166