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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with the statement "I don't think the government cares much what people like me think"?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
38 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Poland87.5%
2 Bulgaria81.0%
3 Latvia79.1%
4 Russian Federation76.8%
5 Portugal76.1%
6 Slovakia74.9%
7 Japan74.8%
8 Slovenia 73.4%
9 Germany72.4%
10 Belgium71.7%
11 Ireland70.2%
12 Austria69.1%
13 Brazil68.3%
14 Czech Republic68.2%
15 Uruguay66.3%
16 Republic of Korea64.8%
17 Hungary63.7%
18 Australia60.8%
19 United Kingdom59.3%
20 France59.1%
21 Canada59.0%
22 Israel58.0%
23 Spain55.0%
24 South Africa54.2%
25 New Zealand53.6%
26 Sweden49.0%
27 Finland48.1%
28 Chile47.5%
29 Norway46.7%
30 Netherlands46.6%
31 Taiwan44.3%
31 United States44.3%
33 Mexico42.4%
34 Switzerland41.9%
35 Philippines41.1%
36 Venezuela39.9%
37 Denmark39.5%
38 Cyprus33.6%

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

No data for 200 countries.

Source
ISSP 2004

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -1.209649 X +7.299
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.241
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.058

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data38
Regression equation
Y = -39604.070985 X +62217.455
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.220
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.048

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -2.130050 X +80.385
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.068
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = -0.707849 X +2.069
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.267
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.071

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data37
Regression equation
Y = 17.535157 X +2.348
Correlation coefficient (r)0.405
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.164