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Question: Do you think that the government should have the right to collect information about anyone living in their country without their knowledge?
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:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Norway73.4%
2 Belgium71.4%
3 Australia67.6%
4 United Kingdom66.2%
5 Sweden66.1%
6 France62.2%
7 Finland59.5%
8 New Zealand57.9%
9 Israel56.7%
10 United States49.5%
11 Denmark48.0%
12 Spain47.1%
13 Chile40.4%
14 Czech Republic39.0%
15 Turkiye36.6%
16 Lithuania36.4%
17 Switzerland35.9%
18 Slovenia34.8%
19 Latvia30.6%
20 Iceland28.7%
21 Germany26.9%
22 Japan 25.8%
23 Slovakia23.7%
24 Republic of Korea20.2%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 14 countries.

Source
ISSP 2016

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 1.914577 X +5.926
Correlation coefficient (r)0.460
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.212

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 59016.894303 X +19150.141
Correlation coefficient (r)0.440
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.194

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 4.539513 X +78.744
Correlation coefficient (r)0.282
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.080

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 0.520857 X +1.366
Correlation coefficient (r)0.245
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.060

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -10.000197 X +18.328
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.280
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.078