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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with the statement "I don't think the government cares much what people like me think"?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
26 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Slovenia87.5%
2 Poland79.8%
3 Spain73.5%
4 Czech Republic68.2%
5 Lithuania67.7%
6 Slovakia66.6%
7 Japan65.9%
8 France65.6%
9 Belgium61.7%
10 Republic of Korea59.3%
11 United States58.3%
12 Austria57.3%
13 Israel56.0%
13 United Kingdom56.0%
15 Australia55.0%
16 Hungary54.5%
17 Germany50.0%
18 Chile48.9%
19 Finland47.9%
20 Denmark46.4%
21 Iceland45.6%
22 Netherlands42.2%
23 Turkiye37.2%
24 Norway35.5%
25 Sweden 34.0%
26 Switzerland31.5%

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 = -1.082329 X +7.368
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.251
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.063

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -88758.187630 X +97853.255
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.537
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.288

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -4.659926 X +83.410
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.268
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.072

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -0.307085 X +1.696
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.122
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 6.800209 X +6.843
Correlation coefficient (r)0.231
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.053