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Question: Which one of these do you think should be the country's highest priority?
Choices: "Maintain order in the nation" "Give people more say in government decisions" "Fight rising prices" "Protect freedom of speech"
Data: % of "Fight rising prices"
Period:
Area:
22 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Portugal31.9%
2 Chile29.8%
3 Mexico29.6%
4 Spain26.7%
5 Canada26.0%
6 Slovenia22.8%
7 Japan19.9%
8 Ireland18.6%
9 United Kingdom18.1%
10 Latvia17.9%
11 United States17.8%
12 Czech Republic16.9%
13 New Zealand15.3%
14 Netherlands13.8%
15 Israel13.3%
16 Norway12.9%
17 Switzerland11.7%
18 Finland10.4%
19 Germany9.4%
20 Austria6.1%
21 Denmark5.1%
21 Sweden 5.1%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 16 countries.

Source
ISSP 2000

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -4.085627 X +7.563
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.705
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.497

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -176481.526379 X +80730.021
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.530
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.281

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -14.553534 X +83.099
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.334
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.112

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -0.894245 X +1.785
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.209
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.044

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -9.451536 X +11.391
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.248
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.062