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Question: In politics people sometimes talk of left and right. Where would you place yourself on a scale from 0 to 10 where 0 means the left and 10 means the right?
Choices: 0 "Left" - 10 "Right"
Data: % of 4-6
Period:
Area:
26 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea64.6%
2 Japan63.2%
3 Germany60.5%
4 United States58.8%
5 Chile56.8%
6 Lithuania56.7%
7 Austria56.6%
8 Spain56.2%
9 Slovenia55.9%
10 Switzerland55.7%
11 United Kingdom48.6%
12 Hungary 47.5%
13 Poland47.2%
14 Belgium45.9%
15 Slovakia45.8%
16 Australia45.2%
17 Czech Republic44.7%
18 Iceland42.3%
19 Finland41.9%
20 France40.0%
21 Turkiye39.1%
22 Israel36.7%
23 Norway35.6%
24 Netherlands35.4%
25 Denmark34.1%
26 Sweden31.1%

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 = -2.486135 X +7.991
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.350
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.122

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -55583.699974 X +72445.019
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.241
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.058

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -2.013781 X +81.631
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.073
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -1.826267 X +2.464
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.517
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.267

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 26.559021 X +0.833
Correlation coefficient (r)0.462
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.213