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Question: Suppose a law were being considered by the parliament that you considered to be unjust or harmful. If such a case arose, how likely is it that you, acting alone or together with others, would be able to try to do something about it?
Choices: "Very likely" "Fairly likely" "Not very likely" "Not at all likely"
Data: % of "Very likely" "Fairly likely"
Period:
Area:
26 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France57.1%
2 United States52.0%
3 Switzerland49.4%
4 Australia46.8%
5 Netherlands43.8%
6 Spain42.6%
7 United Kingdom42.4%
8 Sweden 38.6%
9 Germany37.8%
10 Belgium37.5%
11 Turkiye36.8%
12 Czech Republic32.9%
13 Austria32.8%
14 Norway30.9%
15 Denmark30.8%
16 Slovakia30.7%
17 Chile30.4%
18 Israel29.9%
19 Slovenia28.9%
20 Iceland27.6%
21 Republic of Korea27.3%
22 Finland21.7%
23 Japan20.8%
24 Poland19.5%
25 Hungary16.1%
26 Lithuania12.9%

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 = 0.485556 X +6.599
Correlation coefficient (r)0.089
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 97603.962208 X +15321.700
Correlation coefficient (r)0.464
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.215

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 8.720636 X +77.863
Correlation coefficient (r)0.394
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.155

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 0.657461 X +1.302
Correlation coefficient (r)0.206
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.042

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -11.870247 X +14.650
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.317
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.100