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Question: Do you think that the government should have the right to collect information about anyone living in their country without their knowledge?
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 Australia67.6%
2 United Kingdom66.2%
3 Sweden66.1%
4 France62.2%
5 United States49.5%
6 Germany26.9%
7 Japan 25.8%
8 Republic of Korea20.2%

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 = 1.857753 X +5.877
Correlation coefficient (r)0.731
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.534

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 33584.395195 X +35081.125
Correlation coefficient (r)0.572
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.327

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -2.259523 X +82.948
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.209
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.044

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.072442 X +0.982
Correlation coefficient (r)0.737
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.543

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -17.813657 X +23.712
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.611
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.373