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Question: How important is it in a democracy that citizens have the right not to vote?
Choices: 1 "Not at all important" - 7 "Very important"
Data: Average score
Period:
Area:
26 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Spain5.98
2 Turkiye5.96
3 United States5.65
4 Sweden5.61
5 Czech Republic5.60
6 Finland5.43
7 Iceland5.39
8 Germany5.30
9 Switzerland5.19
10 Hungary5.16
11 Austria 5.15
12 Slovakia5.09
13 Norway5.05
14 Slovenia5.03
15 United Kingdom5.01
16 Denmark4.98
17 Chile4.83
18 Netherlands4.80
19 Israel4.74
20 Belgium4.55
21 France4.22
22 Poland4.05
23 Lithuania4.01
24 Republic of Korea3.92
25 Australia3.76
26 Japan3.61

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 = 0.143511 X +6.093
Correlation coefficient (r)0.137
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.019

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 2553.055556 X +33229.699
Correlation coefficient (r)0.075
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -0.587432 X +83.559
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.145
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.021

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 0.098665 X +1.102
Correlation coefficient (r)0.190
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.036

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -3.774015 X +32.151
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.446
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.199