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Question: Thinking now about politics in the country, to what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? - "Referendums are a good way to decide important political questions"
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Venezuela93.3%
2 Switzerland87.2%
3 Georgia84.0%
4 Germany76.0%
5 Republic of Korea74.5%
6 Denmark74.2%
7 Iceland73.7%
8 Spain73.6%
9 France72.6%
10 Taiwan71.4%
11 Norway69.8%
12 Australia69.7%
13 Austria69.4%
14 Poland67.9%
15 Croatia66.9%
15 Sweden66.9%
17 India66.6%
18 Czech Republic65.4%
18 Russian Federation65.4%
20 Philippines62.6%
21 Israel61.8%
22 Finland61.7%
23 Netherlands61.6%
24 Japan61.2%
25 United Kingdom61.0%
26 Chile60.7%
27 Belgium59.8%
28 Lithuania59.2%
29 Slovakia59.1%
30 South Africa56.9%
31 United States53.3%
32 Turkiye53.2%
33 Slovenia47.4%
34 Hungary 44.4%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 204 countries.

Source
ISSP 2014

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 0.039166 X +6.435
Correlation coefficient (r)0.004
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 39348.076918 X +11381.233
Correlation coefficient (r)0.160
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.026

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 5.416237 X +75.148
Correlation coefficient (r)0.117
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -0.081796 X +1.739
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.021
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -14.388594 X +22.958
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.235
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.055