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Question: Would you like to see more or less government spending in culture and the arts? Remember that if you say "much more", it might require a tax increase to pay for it.
Choices: "Spend much more" "Spend more" "Spend the same as now" "Spend less" "Spend much less"
Data: % of "Spend much more" "Spend more"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany29.0%
2 Republic of Korea27.0%
3 United States21.6%
4 Japan 21.4%
5 Australia16.2%
6 France15.4%
7 Sweden14.9%
8 United Kingdom12.9%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2016

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -3.910527 X +7.544
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.444
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.197

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -57046.300057 X +62517.792
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.280
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.078

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -1.588011 X +82.177
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.042
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -3.012753 X +2.094
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.597
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.356

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 56.973438 X +3.869
Correlation coefficient (r)0.564
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.318