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Question: How often do you use the media, including television, newspapers, radio and the internet, to get political news or information?
Choices: "Several times a day" "Once a day" "5-6 days a week" "1-2 days a week" "Less than 1 day a week" "Never"
Data: % of "Several times a day" "Once a day"
Period:
Area:
26 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France82.2%
2 Germany81.6%
3 Lithuania79.6%
4 Denmark79.3%
5 Belgium78.5%
6 Netherlands78.4%
7 Norway77.1%
8 Czech Republic76.8%
9 Spain75.5%
10 Switzerland75.3%
11 Republic of Korea75.0%
12 Israel74.0%
13 Turkiye71.6%
14 Hungary70.5%
15 Sweden70.0%
16 Iceland69.9%
17 Australia68.7%
18 United Kingdom67.1%
19 Slovenia67.0%
20 Austria64.0%
21 Poland 63.6%
22 Japan62.0%
23 Finland60.2%
24 Slovakia59.6%
25 United States57.1%
26 Chile42.4%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 12 countries.

Source
ISSP 2014

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 1.390344 X +5.823
Correlation coefficient (r)0.184
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.034

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 63645.281141 X +1082.412
Correlation coefficient (r)0.260
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.068

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 4.120508 X +77.770
Correlation coefficient (r)0.141
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 0.300054 X +1.378
Correlation coefficient (r)0.080
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 8.078884 X +7.885
Correlation coefficient (r)0.132
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017