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Question: To what extent do you agree that "Workers need strong trade unions to protect their interests"?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree".
Period:
Area:
27 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Iceland88.3%
2 Lithuania81.7%
3 Chile80.4%
4 Israel78.2%
5 Latvia77.2%
6 Austria76.6%
7 Denmark73.9%
8 Spain73.3%
9 Germany72.7%
10 Estonia72.5%
11 Switzerland70.6%
12 Norway69.2%
13 Hungary68.6%
14 Poland68.4%
15 Mexico68.0%
16 Sweden 64.7%
17 Slovakia61.3%
18 Slovenia61.2%
19 Finland61.1%
20 France59.7%
21 Belgium56.5%
22 Japan56.0%
23 Czech Republic55.1%
24 United Kingdom53.4%
25 United States50.0%
26 New Zealand48.7%
27 Australia47.1%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 11 countries.

Source
ISSP 2015

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 0.312704 X +6.603
Correlation coefficient (r)0.074
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -14188.172359 X +54229.762
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.063
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -4.971292 X +83.011
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.138
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.019

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 0.270761 X +1.457
Correlation coefficient (r)0.093
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -1.533912 X +11.668
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.049
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002