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Question: Which one of these do you think should be the country's highest priority?
Choices: "Maintain order in the nation" "Give people more say in government decisions" "Fight rising prices" "Protect freedom of speech"
Data: % of "Fight rising prices"
Period:
Area:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Bulgaria32.5%
2 Portugal31.9%
3 Chile29.8%
4 Mexico29.6%
5 Philippines27.9%
6 Spain26.7%
7 Canada26.0%
8 Slovenia22.8%
9 Japan19.9%
10 Ireland18.6%
11 United Kingdom18.1%
12 Latvia17.9%
13 United States17.8%
14 Czech Republic16.9%
15 New Zealand15.3%
16 Netherlands13.8%
17 Israel13.3%
18 Norway12.9%
19 Russian Federation11.7%
19 Switzerland11.7%
21 Finland 10.4%
22 Germany9.4%
23 Austria6.1%
24 Denmark5.1%
24 Sweden5.1%

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

No data for 213 countries.

Source
ISSP 2000

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -5.672069 X +7.791
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.696
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.484

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -185853.999524 X +78257.690
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.590
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.348

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -15.448402 X +82.648
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.350
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.122

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 0.257263 X +1.593
Correlation coefficient (r)0.060
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -22.834502 X +16.333
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.384
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.147