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Question: Suppose the government suspected that a terrorist act was about to happen. Do you think the authorities should have the right to detain people for as long as they want without putting them on trial?
Choices: "Definitely should have right" "Probably should have right" "Probably should not have right" "Definitely should not have right"
Data: % of "Definitely should have right" "Probably should have right"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States67.7%
2 Australia55.9%
3 Canada52.0%
4 Germany47.3%
5 France45.4%
6 Japan 41.9%
7 Republic of Korea40.5%

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

No data for 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 2006

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 3.740612 X +4.820
Correlation coefficient (r)0.700
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.490

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 126071.372637 X -12500.615
Correlation coefficient (r)0.960
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.922

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -20.313607 X +92.077
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.813
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.661

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 1.631614 X +0.634
Correlation coefficient (r)0.492
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.242

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -22.567774 X +27.078
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.363
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.132