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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with the statement "I think most people in the country are better informed about politics and government than I am"?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
38 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Poland67.8%
2 Venezuela62.0%
3 Brazil 58.6%
4 Russian Federation57.6%
5 Latvia54.1%
6 Philippines53.8%
7 Republic of Korea49.7%
8 South Africa48.1%
9 Chile46.9%
10 Slovenia45.7%
11 Bulgaria44.2%
12 Uruguay41.3%
13 Hungary39.3%
14 Taiwan39.1%
15 Cyprus38.4%
16 Portugal37.7%
17 Mexico37.4%
18 Switzerland35.0%
19 Israel34.8%
20 Austria33.1%
21 Czech Republic31.8%
22 Finland31.7%
23 Germany30.9%
24 Slovakia30.6%
24 Spain30.6%
26 Belgium26.1%
27 United States24.0%
28 Japan21.7%
29 Ireland21.1%
30 Canada19.8%
31 Denmark19.5%
32 Sweden17.5%
33 United Kingdom17.0%
34 France15.7%
35 Netherlands14.7%
36 Australia14.5%
37 New Zealand13.3%
38 Norway10.6%

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 200 countries.

Source
ISSP 2004

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -3.342837 X +7.736
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.716
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.513

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -123481.080877 X +81394.226
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.737
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.543

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -18.563055 X +85.513
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.646
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.417

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = 0.404147 X +1.505
Correlation coefficient (r)0.167
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.028

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = 2.977070 X +11.832
Correlation coefficient (r)0.075
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006