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Question: Suppose the government suspected that a terrorist act was about to happen. Do you think the authorities should have the right to tap people's telephone conversations?
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:
35 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Belgium90.7%
2 France90.0%
3 Australia88.0%
3 Sweden88.0%
5 Denmark85.8%
6 Norway85.1%
7 United Kingdom83.3%
8 Finland83.2%
9 Switzerland81.5%
10 New Zealand78.6%
11 Germany77.2%
12 India73.4%
13 Iceland72.2%
14 Croatia68.9%
15 Israel66.9%
16 Czech Republic64.0%
17 Suriname63.1%
18 Spain60.6%
19 Japan59.0%
20 Lithuania56.6%
21 Taiwan54.3%
22 Latvia51.8%
23 United States51.3%
24 Slovenia50.7%
25 Chile50.6%
26 Russian Federation46.8%
27 Turkiye44.5%
28 Georgia44.0%
29 Hungary41.5%
30 Slovakia39.4%
31 South Africa37.8%
32 Republic of Korea28.5%
33 Thailand28.1%
34 Venezuela20.5%
35 Philippines20.1%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 203 countries.

Source
ISSP 2016

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 2.737466 X +4.757
Correlation coefficient (r)0.618
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.382

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 86151.503040 X -17337.027
Correlation coefficient (r)0.704
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.496

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 12.985916 X +70.481
Correlation coefficient (r)0.562
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.316

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -0.337607 X +1.919
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.177
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.031

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 0.970710 X +13.273
Correlation coefficient (r)0.030
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001