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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statement: "Most politicians are in politics only for what they can get out of it personally."
Choices: "Agree strongly" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Disagree strongly"
Data: % of "Agree strongly" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
36 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Portugal84.7%
2 Bulgaria84.1%
3 Latvia83.7%
4 Lithuania82.3%
5 Mexico81.1%
6 Slovenia80.2%
7 Argentina78.1%
8 Turkiye77.3%
9 Slovakia75.9%
10 Croatia73.7%
11 South Africa73.3%
12 Republic of Korea73.0%
13 Taiwan72.3%
14 Czech Republic69.8%
15 Russian Federation67.6%
16 Spain67.3%
17 France66.6%
17 Philippines66.6%
19 Chile65.3%
20 Austria63.4%
21 Japan62.0%
22 Israel60.9%
23 Germany58.4%
24 Finland57.0%
25 United Kingdom53.8%
26 Belgium53.5%
27 United States52.2%
28 Australia50.7%
29 Switzerland44.4%
30 Canada40.5%
31 New Zealand37.1%
32 Iceland35.2%
33 Denmark 33.7%
34 Sweden32.4%
35 Netherlands27.6%
36 Norway22.9%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 202 countries.

Source
ISSP 2010

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -3.137589 X +8.527
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.736
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.542

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -110625.322114 X +106902.024
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.822
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.676

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = -12.678986 X +87.042
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.516
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.266

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 0.255396 X +1.502
Correlation coefficient (r)0.120
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 4.811293 X +10.483
Correlation coefficient (r)0.138
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.019