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Question: On average, how often do you read the political content of a newspaper?
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 Belgium35.5%
2 Spain34.5%
3 Portugal33.3%
4 Australia21.0%
5 Slovakia20.9%
6 Latvia19.9%
7 New Zealand18.5%
8 Japan17.8%
9 France15.7%
10 Czech Republic15.2%
11 Canada13.9%
12 Sweden11.8%
13 Denmark9.3%
14 Finland6.8%
15 Switzerland 5.3%
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 = -3.226199 X +7.398
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.628
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.394

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = -106142.893893 X +65041.703
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.549
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.301

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = -2.762728 X +81.626
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.089
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = -0.611760 X +1.676
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.349
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.122

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = -3.214450 X +11.036
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.122
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015