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Question: How important is it in a democracy that government authorities respect and protect the rights of minorities?
Choices: 1 "Not at all important" - 7 "Very important"
Data: Average score
Period:
Area:
29 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Chile6.72
2 Mexico6.68
3 Spain6.53
4 Israel6.52
5 Portugal6.49
6 Denmark6.41
7 France6.40
8 Poland6.34
9 Ireland6.32
10 Sweden6.28
11 Germany 6.24
12 United States6.21
13 Slovenia6.17
14 Slovakia6.12
14 Switzerland6.12
16 Norway6.06
17 Finland6.03
18 Australia6.00
19 Austria5.96
19 Canada5.96
21 New Zealand5.95
22 Latvia5.94
23 Belgium5.93
24 Hungary5.85
25 Netherlands5.82
26 United Kingdom5.77
27 Republic of Korea5.55
28 Czech Republic5.48
29 Japan4.46

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 9 countries.

Source
ISSP 2004

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 0.135314 X +5.992
Correlation coefficient (r)0.106
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -1311.235897 X +54292.862
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.024
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -1.355297 X +88.891
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.224
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.050

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 0.285989 X -0.162
Correlation coefficient (r)0.380
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.144

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -4.891817 X +42.896
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.450
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.203