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Question: In politics people sometimes talk of left and right. Where would you place yourself on a scale from 0 to 10 where 0 means the left and 10 means the right?
Choices: 0 "Left" - 10 "Right"
Data: % of 8-10
Period:
Area:
26 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Israel31.0%
2 Turkiye30.7%
3 Poland27.3%
4 Netherlands23.7%
5 Norway23.1%
6 Finland22.7%
7 Czech Republic22.0%
8 Denmark21.2%
9 Australia21.1%
10 France21.0%
11 Sweden19.8%
12 Hungary19.2%
13 Slovakia 18.6%
14 United Kingdom18.5%
15 Iceland17.8%
16 Lithuania17.6%
17 United States16.2%
18 Belgium15.5%
19 Japan14.5%
20 Republic of Korea12.9%
21 Switzerland12.7%
22 Chile12.4%
23 Slovenia11.3%
24 Austria9.0%
25 Germany6.5%
26 Spain6.4%

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 = -0.431011 X +6.878
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.040
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -17882.771643 X +49056.687
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.052
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -7.501937 X +82.029
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.182
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.033

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 3.049239 X +1.034
Correlation coefficient (r)0.575
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.331

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -33.262553 X +19.609
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.386
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.149