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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:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United Kingdom58.7%
2 Australia57.9%
3 France51.8%
4 Japan 44.1%
5 Sweden39.7%
6 Germany37.2%
7 United States36.6%
8 Republic of Korea36.3%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2016

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.216422 X +6.219
Correlation coefficient (r)0.222
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.049

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 3039.910724 X +49845.925
Correlation coefficient (r)0.024
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 5.271024 X +79.475
Correlation coefficient (r)0.226
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.051

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.216317 X +0.947
Correlation coefficient (r)0.388
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.151

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -38.259707 X +32.477
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.608
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.370