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Question: Would you like to see more or less government spending in the military and defence? Remember that if you say "much more", it might require a tax increase to pay for it.
Choices: "Spend much more" "Spend more" "Spend the same as now" "Spend less" "Spend much less"
Data: % of "Spend much more" "Spend more"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Turkiye67.7%
2 Hungary50.1%
3 Latvia44.7%
4 Norway44.3%
4 United States44.3%
6 Israel44.1%
7 Sweden42.7%
7 United Kingdom42.7%
9 Republic of Korea39.5%
10 Slovenia34.8%
11 Finland32.1%
12 Slovakia30.6%
13 Czech Republic30.2%
14 Australia29.7%
15 Germany28.6%
16 Lithuania28.0%
17 Japan27.3%
18 France27.2%
19 Chile21.3%
20 Belgium19.9%
21 New Zealand19.5%
22 Spain17.8%
23 Denmark12.7%
24 Switzerland 10.8%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 14 countries.

Source
ISSP 2016

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -2.415577 X +7.542
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.464
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.215

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -50058.543225 X +60716.743
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.295
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.087

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -7.649073 X +83.041
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.356
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.127

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 0.788015 X +1.339
Correlation coefficient (r)0.295
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.087

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -4.568544 X +15.426
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.101
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010