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Question: On average, how often do you read the political content of a newspaper?
Choices: "Every day" "3-4 days a week" "1-2 days a week" "Fewer than 1-2 days a week" "Never"
Data: % of "Every day"
Period:
Area:
16 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Switzerland59.2%
2 Netherlands36.9%
3 Japan33.4%
4 Finland26.9%
5 Canada24.3%
6 Slovakia24.0%
7 Denmark22.4%
8 France19.8%
9 Sweden18.5%
10 Latvia17.9%
11 Czech Republic17.8%
12 Spain16.7%
13 Australia14.9%
14 New Zealand14.4%
15 Portugal 13.1%
16 Belgium10.7%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 22 countries.

Source
ISSP 2004

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = 1.544339 X +6.559
Correlation coefficient (r)0.321
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.103

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = 97069.133502 X +24767.286
Correlation coefficient (r)0.583
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.340

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = 5.565175 X +79.897
Correlation coefficient (r)0.277
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.077

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = -0.271474 X +1.593
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.209
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.044

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = 1.424577 X +13.001
Correlation coefficient (r)0.056
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003