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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 "Maintain order in the nation"
Period:
Area:
6 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden55.4%
2 Germany39.0%
3 United Kingdom38.3%
4 United States37.9%
5 Japan 29.2%
6 Canada23.8%

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 = 2.477788 X +5.977
Correlation coefficient (r)0.592
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.350

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 43214.473820 X +37008.239
Correlation coefficient (r)0.448
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.201

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -2.708235 X +82.309
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.122
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 0.990375 X +1.153
Correlation coefficient (r)0.830
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.689

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 4.125027 X +11.479
Correlation coefficient (r)0.147
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022