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Question: Are there people you could ask to help influence important decisions in your favour?
Choices: "No, nobody" "Yes, a few people" "Yes, some people" "Yes, a lot of people"
Data: % of "Yes, a few people" "Yes, some people" "Yes, a lot of people"
Period:
Area:
33 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Latvia95.4%
2 Switzerland92.1%
3 Germany90.9%
4 Croatia90.8%
5 Czech Republic88.7%
6 South Africa88.6%
7 Israel87.0%
8 United Kingdom86.4%
9 Chile85.4%
10 Australia84.7%
11 Finland 84.6%
12 Ireland84.2%
13 Canada84.0%
14 France83.1%
15 Norway81.5%
16 Netherlands81.4%
17 Japan81.3%
18 New Zealand80.6%
18 Venezuela80.6%
20 Hungary79.6%
21 Republic of Korea79.4%
22 United States79.2%
23 Denmark78.5%
24 Portugal76.8%
25 Sweden75.4%
26 Uruguay72.4%
27 Spain70.4%
28 Russian Federation68.0%
29 Dominican Republic64.2%
30 Philippines64.0%
31 Taiwan62.3%
32 Poland58.3%
33 Slovenia55.0%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 205 countries.

Source
ISSP 2006

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 1.922425 X +5.067
Correlation coefficient (r)0.264
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.070

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 87815.905209 X -29954.433
Correlation coefficient (r)0.337
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.114

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 8.586378 X +72.345
Correlation coefficient (r)0.182
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.033

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = -0.233244 X +1.855
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.056
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 3.981711 X +10.155
Correlation coefficient (r)0.063
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004