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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 stop and search people in the street at random?
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 States77.7%
2 Republic of Korea65.3%
3 Australia55.4%
4 Germany52.7%
5 Japan 46.8%
6 Canada39.1%
7 France19.3%

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 = -0.077307 X +6.733
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.029
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 25700.228169 X +37579.727
Correlation coefficient (r)0.387
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.150

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -5.505538 X +84.702
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.436
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.190

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -0.662167 X +1.788
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.395
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.156

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 13.483862 X +8.908
Correlation coefficient (r)0.430
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.185