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Question: How important is it in a democracy that citizens have the right not to vote?
Choices: 1 "Not at all important" - 7 "Very important"
Data: Average score
Period:
Area:
26 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Spain5.98
2 Turkiye5.96
3 United States5.65
4 Sweden5.61
5 Czech Republic5.60
6 Finland5.43
7 Iceland5.39
8 Germany5.30
9 Switzerland5.19
10 Hungary5.16
11 Austria5.15
12 Slovakia5.09
13 Norway5.05
14 Slovenia 5.03
15 United Kingdom5.01
16 Denmark4.98
17 Chile4.83
18 Netherlands4.80
19 Israel4.74
20 Belgium4.55
21 France4.22
22 Poland4.05
23 Lithuania4.01
24 Republic of Korea3.92
25 Australia3.76
26 Japan3.61

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 = 0.039874 X +6.567
Correlation coefficient (r)0.044
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 3835.087516 X +27320.936
Correlation coefficient (r)0.104
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -0.686757 X +83.794
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.138
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.019

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 0.112431 X +1.057
Correlation coefficient (r)0.204
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.042

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -2.825398 X +24.558
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.452
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.204