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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 tap people's telephone conversations?
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 Australia78.2%
2 United States77.7%
3 France77.0%
4 Germany70.0%
5 Canada61.0%
6 Japan 47.1%
7 Republic of Korea27.8%

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 = 2.287093 X +5.260
Correlation coefficient (r)0.865
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.748

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 51371.310990 X +18458.670
Correlation coefficient (r)0.790
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.624

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -6.674474 X +86.084
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.539
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.291

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 1.553208 X +0.478
Correlation coefficient (r)0.945
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.893

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -24.364543 X +31.045
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.791
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.626