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Question: Suppose the government suspected that a terrorist act was about to happen. Do you think the authorities should have the right to tap people's telephone conversations?
Choices: "Definitely should have right" "Probably should have right" "Probably should not have right" "Definitely should not have right"
Data: % of "Definitely should have right" "Probably should have right"
Period:
Area:
33 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Denmark88.7%
2 Norway85.6%
3 Netherlands82.7%
4 Switzerland82.0%
5 Australia78.2%
6 United States77.7%
7 France77.0%
8 New Zealand76.2%
9 Finland 73.1%
10 Syrian Arab Republic72.9%
11 Germany70.0%
12 Czech Republic64.3%
13 Israel64.2%
14 Canada61.0%
15 Portugal57.0%
16 Uruguay54.3%
17 Dominican Republic52.9%
18 Poland52.7%
19 South Africa49.5%
20 Spain49.1%
21 Hungary47.2%
22 Japan47.1%
23 Chile45.8%
24 Ireland45.6%
25 Croatia45.0%
26 Slovenia36.6%
27 Tajikistan34.7%
28 Uzbekistan32.9%
29 Russian Federation30.7%
30 Latvia30.1%
31 Viet Nam28.2%
32 Republic of Korea27.8%
33 Philippines21.5%

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 data32
Regression equation
Y = 2.983336 X +4.870
Correlation coefficient (r)0.804
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.646

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 102570.610684 X -20101.825
Correlation coefficient (r)0.724
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.524

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 12.059264 X +71.786
Correlation coefficient (r)0.491
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.241

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -0.537350 X +2.093
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.183
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.033

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -4.700388 X +15.463
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.145
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.021