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Question: Thinking about what it means to be a good member of society, how important are the following aspects? - Voting in elections
Choices: "Very important" "Somewhat important" "Not too important" "Not at all important"
Data: % of "Very important"
Period:
Area:
17 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States93.7%
2 Sweden 91.6%
3 Canada84.2%
4 Republic of Korea82.7%
5 Germany78.8%
6 Netherlands78.6%
7 France78.4%
8 United Kingdom78.3%
9 Spain77.3%
10 Australia76.7%
11 Greece75.4%
12 Italy74.3%
13 Hungary74.2%
14 Japan71.2%
15 Belgium63.0%
16 Israel54.1%
17 Poland51.5%

Note
Don't know/ Refused are excluded.

No data for 21 countries.

Source
Pew Research Center "Global Attitudes & Trends" Spring 2022. For the United States, Pew Research Center "American Trends Panel Wave 105" March 2022.

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 0.201317 X +6.490
Correlation coefficient (r)0.048
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 66540.748709 X -4457.483
Correlation coefficient (r)0.442
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.195

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 1.631584 X +80.103
Correlation coefficient (r)0.078
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -1.312166 X +2.493
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.341
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.116

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 12.470556 X +0.541
Correlation coefficient (r)0.315
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.099