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Question: On average, how often do you use the Internet to obtain political news or information?
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 Switzerland8.1%
2 Canada6.2%
3 Denmark5.8%
4 Japan 4.5%
4 Netherlands4.5%
6 Portugal4.3%
7 Latvia4.2%
7 Sweden4.2%
9 France3.7%
10 Spain3.4%
11 Australia3.3%
12 Slovakia3.0%
13 New Zealand2.8%
14 Finland1.7%
15 Belgium1.4%
15 Czech Republic1.4%

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 = 0.649242 X +6.810
Correlation coefficient (r)0.022
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = 621270.180505 X +22238.134
Correlation coefficient (r)0.557
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.310

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = 49.812931 X +79.198
Correlation coefficient (r)0.277
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.077

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = -2.074959 X +1.650
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.206
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.042

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = -34.151756 X +11.808
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.225
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.051