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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with the statement "I think most people are better informed about politics and government than I am"?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
33 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Latvia62.7%
2 South Africa61.3%
3 Poland60.7%
4 Dominican Republic60.3%
5 France59.6%
6 Republic of Korea56.6%
6 Russian Federation56.6%
8 Venezuela56.2%
9 Chile53.3%
10 Philippines52.8%
11 Uruguay51.1%
12 Slovenia49.2%
13 Portugal49.1%
14 Croatia47.3%
15 Spain42.4%
16 Taiwan39.1%
17 Switzerland38.4%
17 United States38.4%
19 Hungary38.2%
20 Finland37.7%
21 Israel36.7%
22 Ireland 35.5%
23 Germany30.8%
24 Czech Republic27.7%
25 Canada23.1%
26 Japan21.6%
27 United Kingdom20.8%
28 Denmark19.7%
29 Netherlands19.6%
30 Australia18.2%
31 Sweden17.6%
32 New Zealand17.5%
33 Norway16.7%

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 = -3.394586 X +7.944
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.729
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.531

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -111233.230543 X +84003.015
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.668
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.446

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = -17.404749 X +86.142
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.605
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.366

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 0.551274 X +1.449
Correlation coefficient (r)0.218
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.048

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 8.641843 X +9.882
Correlation coefficient (r)0.223
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.050