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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 4-6
Period:
Area:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Taiwan80.4%
2 Republic of Korea64.6%
3 Japan63.2%
4 Russian Federation62.2%
5 Germany60.5%
6 United States58.8%
7 Chile 56.8%
8 Lithuania56.7%
9 Austria56.6%
10 Spain56.2%
11 Slovenia55.9%
12 Switzerland55.7%
13 South Africa50.2%
14 United Kingdom48.6%
15 Hungary47.5%
16 Poland47.2%
17 Belgium45.9%
18 Slovakia45.8%
19 Australia45.2%
20 Croatia45.1%
21 Czech Republic44.7%
22 India43.8%
23 Venezuela43.1%
24 Philippines42.6%
25 Iceland42.3%
26 Finland41.9%
27 Georgia41.7%
28 France40.0%
29 Turkiye39.1%
30 Israel36.7%
31 Norway35.6%
32 Netherlands35.4%
33 Denmark34.1%
34 Sweden31.1%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 204 countries.

Source
ISSP 2014

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -1.141696 X +7.016
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.128
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -29611.711710 X +51863.854
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.124
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -1.702513 X +79.540
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.032
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -2.039787 X +2.658
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.471
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.222

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 35.488736 X -3.487
Correlation coefficient (r)0.510
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.260