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Question: On average, how often do you listen to political news on the radio?
Choices: "Every day" "3-4 days a week" "1-2 days a week" "Fewer than 1-2 days a week" "Never"
Data: % of "Never"
Period:
Area:
16 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan61.6%
2 Spain36.5%
3 Belgium32.4%
4 New Zealand28.5%
5 Australia28.1%
6 Czech Republic25.6%
7 Canada24.1%
8 Portugal23.9%
9 Finland23.7%
10 Latvia21.8%
11 Sweden20.7%
12 Slovakia19.4%
13 France18.3%
14 Denmark16.3%
15 Switzerland 10.6%
16 Netherlands0.0%

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

No data for 22 countries.

Source
ISSP 2004

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = -1.914979 X +7.304
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.474
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.225

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = -58876.543791 X +60912.854
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.387
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.150

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = 5.782157 X +79.729
Correlation coefficient (r)0.236
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.056

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = -0.669954 X +1.733
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.487
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.237

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = 3.188861 X +9.694
Correlation coefficient (r)0.154
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.024