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Question: Which statement comes closer to your view, even if neither is exactly right?
Choices: "Most elected officials care what people like me think" "Most elected officials donft care what people like me think"
Data: % of "Most elected officials care what people like me think"
Period:
Area:
16 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden 61.5%
2 Netherlands40.3%
3 Germany39.9%
4 Canada39.7%
5 United Kingdom32.7%
6 Israel32.5%
7 Australia31.9%
8 Republic of Korea27.7%
9 Poland27.5%
10 France26.9%
11 Japan26.7%
12 Hungary22.0%
13 Mexico21.4%
14 Italy20.2%
15 Greece18.9%
16 Spain18.3%

Note
Don't know/ Refused are excluded.

No data for 22 countries.

Source
Pew Research Center "Global Attitudes & Trends" Spring 2023.

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = 3.139716 X +5.665
Correlation coefficient (r)0.723
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.523

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = 99348.444203 X +10752.328
Correlation coefficient (r)0.690
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.476

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = 7.092967 X +78.986
Correlation coefficient (r)0.286
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.082

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = 0.494045 X +1.357
Correlation coefficient (r)0.122
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = 12.016829 X +5.470
Correlation coefficient (r)0.306
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.094