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Question: Which one of these do you think should be the country's highest priority?
Choices: "Maintain order in the nation" "Give people more say in government decisions" "Fight rising prices" "Protect freedom of speech"
Data: % of "Fight rising prices"
Period:
Area:
6 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Canada26.0%
2 Japan 19.9%
3 United Kingdom18.1%
4 United States17.8%
5 Germany9.4%
6 Sweden5.1%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 4 countries.

Source
ISSP 2000

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -2.818611 X +7.353
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.472
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.223

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -37704.486089 X +59164.403
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.274
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.075

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -0.182319 X +81.329
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.006
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -1.120032 X +1.701
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.659
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.434

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -7.739775 X +14.259
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.193
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.037