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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with the statement "Trade unions are very important for the job security of employees"?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree".
Period:
Area:
31 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 South Africa81.3%
2 Israel79.5%
3 Tajikistan79.0%
4 Ireland78.3%
5 Japan74.5%
6 Dominican Republic74.3%
7 Republic of Korea71.1%
8 Cyprus70.0%
9 Portugal68.3%
10 Mexico67.3%
11 Germany65.6%
12 Syrian Arab Republic63.8%
13 Spain63.2%
14 Norway62.9%
15 Latvia61.2%
16 Switzerland57.8%
17 Denmark57.5%
18 Uruguay56.0%
19 Hungary55.9%
20 Australia54.9%
21 Slovenia52.9%
22 Finland 52.8%
23 Philippines51.7%
24 United States50.9%
25 Canada49.4%
25 Czech Republic49.4%
27 Belgium45.6%
28 France45.0%
29 New Zealand41.1%
30 Bulgaria38.5%
31 Russian Federation30.4%

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 207 countries.

Source
ISSP 2005

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -0.842624 X +7.028
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.152
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.023

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -751.003067 X +39158.806
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.004
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -0.626836 X +79.032
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.017
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 1.465696 X +0.889
Correlation coefficient (r)0.343
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.118

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -12.888285 X +20.485
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.246
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.061