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Question: On average, how often do you use the Internet to obtain political news or information?
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 Slovakia84.9%
2 Belgium83.9%
3 Czech Republic 82.5%
4 Japan80.7%
5 Portugal80.6%
6 Spain80.2%
7 France76.4%
8 Latvia74.3%
9 Australia74.0%
10 New Zealand73.8%
11 Sweden69.0%
12 Finland67.3%
13 Switzerland65.1%
14 Canada64.8%
15 Denmark59.7%
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 = -1.387391 X +7.886
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.484
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.234

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = -39923.701419 X +75145.850
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.403
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.162

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = -1.691626 X +82.369
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.142
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = -0.038929 X +1.557
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.050
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = 2.155414 X +11.826
Correlation coefficient (r)0.143
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020