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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 stop and search people in the street at random?
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:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United Kingdom76.8%
2 Switzerland76.7%
3 Belgium74.1%
4 Denmark72.9%
5 Hungary72.5%
6 Australia67.4%
7 Sweden65.3%
8 Norway60.5%
9 Germany60.2%
10 Republic of Korea60.0%
11 Finland59.8%
12 Japan 57.6%
13 New Zealand57.3%
14 Slovenia57.2%
15 Czech Republic57.1%
16 Lithuania56.3%
17 Chile53.7%
18 Iceland50.8%
19 Turkiye50.7%
20 Israel49.3%
21 Slovakia38.5%
21 Spain38.5%
23 Latvia36.4%
24 United States33.3%
25 France24.3%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 13 countries.

Source
ISSP 2016

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 1.333094 X +6.028
Correlation coefficient (r)0.269
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.072

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 50419.761490 X +16838.605
Correlation coefficient (r)0.312
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.097

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 4.829876 X +77.905
Correlation coefficient (r)0.239
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.057

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -0.446113 X +1.855
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.180
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.032

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 2.509034 X +12.428
Correlation coefficient (r)0.060
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004