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Question: How important is it in a democracy that all citizens have an adequate standard of living?
Choices: 1 "Not at all important" - 7 "Very important"
Data: Average score
Period:
Area:
26 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Spain6.80
2 Iceland6.77
3 Lithuania6.69
4 Hungary6.65
5 Chile6.59
5 France6.59
5 Turkiye6.59
8 Slovenia6.57
9 Sweden6.52
10 Australia6.50
11 Norway6.48
12 Slovakia6.43
13 Israel6.42
14 Belgium6.41
15 Poland 6.39
16 Finland6.35
17 United Kingdom6.34
18 Denmark6.23
19 Switzerland6.15
19 United States6.15
21 Austria6.07
22 Germany6.03
23 Netherlands5.99
24 Japan5.97
25 Republic of Korea5.86
26 Czech Republic5.52

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 12 countries.

Source
ISSP 2014

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -0.088861 X +7.327
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.045
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -8026.885457 X +97170.066
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.101
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -1.168360 X +87.829
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.110
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 0.160387 X +0.592
Correlation coefficient (r)0.136
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -1.898459 X +22.693
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.142
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020