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Question: To what extent do you agree that "Workers need strong trade unions to protect their interests"?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree".
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany72.7%
2 Sweden64.7%
3 France59.7%
4 Japan 56.0%
5 United Kingdom53.4%
6 United States50.0%
7 Australia47.1%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 2015

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.610918 X +6.537
Correlation coefficient (r)0.126
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -40005.428980 X +76634.559
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.325
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.106

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 2.202225 X +80.373
Correlation coefficient (r)0.084
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.073337 X +1.549
Correlation coefficient (r)0.044
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.534709 X +12.920
Correlation coefficient (r)0.017
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000