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Question: Here is a scale from 0 to 10 where 0 is gall government information should be publicly available, even if this meant a risk to public securityh and 10 is gpublic security should be given priority, even if this meant limiting access to government informationh. Where would you place yourself on such a scale?
Data: Average score
Period:
Area:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United Kingdom6.65
2 Finland6.62
3 Australia6.59
3 Czech Republic6.59
5 Israel6.50
6 Norway6.48
7 Iceland6.38
8 Belgium6.37
9 France6.32
10 Switzerland6.22
11 Sweden6.18
12 Germany6.16
12 Japan6.16
14 United States6.13
15 New Zealand6.11
16 Slovenia5.92
17 Latvia5.78
18 Denmark 5.70
19 Lithuania5.69
20 Turkiye5.54
21 Slovakia5.48
22 Republic of Korea5.43
23 Hungary5.39
24 Spain5.15
25 Chile5.12

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 = 0.921122 X +1.228
Correlation coefficient (r)0.633
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.401
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 28536.958156 X -126756.245
Correlation coefficient (r)0.603
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.364
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 2.287791 X +66.837
Correlation coefficient (r)0.386
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.149
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 0.204958 X +0.368
Correlation coefficient (r)0.282
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.080
Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -1.466290 X +22.676
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.120
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014