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Question: Suppose the government suspected that a terrorist act was about to happen. Do you think the authorities should have the right to stop and search people in the street at random?
Choices: "Definitely should have right" "Probably should have right" "Probably should not have right" "Definitely should not have right"
Data: % of "Definitely should have right" "Probably should have right"
Period:
Area:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United Kingdom76.8%
2 Switzerland 76.7%
3 Belgium74.1%
4 Denmark72.9%
5 Hungary72.5%
6 Australia67.4%
7 Sweden65.3%
8 Norway60.5%
9 Germany60.2%
10 Republic of Korea60.0%
11 Finland59.8%
12 Japan57.6%
13 New Zealand57.3%
14 Slovenia57.2%
15 Czech Republic57.1%
16 Lithuania56.3%
17 Chile53.7%
18 Iceland50.8%
19 Turkiye50.7%
20 Israel49.3%
21 Slovakia38.5%
21 Spain38.5%
23 Latvia36.4%
24 United States33.3%
25 France24.3%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 13 countries.

Source
ISSP 2016

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 1.173145 X +6.077
Correlation coefficient (r)0.267
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.071

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 45692.073821 X +19989.405
Correlation coefficient (r)0.259
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.067

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 7.374021 X +76.165
Correlation coefficient (r)0.292
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.085

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -0.359352 X +1.828
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.137
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.019

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 0.830400 X +10.495
Correlation coefficient (r)0.027
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001