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Question: Which one of the following would be closest to your views?
Choices: "A. Government should let businesses decide for themselves how to protect the environment, even if it means they don't always do the right thing" "B. Government should pass laws to make businesses protect the environment, even if it interferes with businesses' rights to make their own decisions"
Data: % of B
Period:
Area:
36 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Denmark97.5%
2 Bulgaria96.3%
3 Belgium96.1%
4 Canada95.4%
5 Japan94.9%
5 Sweden94.9%
7 France94.8%
8 Netherlands94.4%
9 Spain93.7%
10 Argentina93.0%
11 Iceland92.8%
12 Finland92.2%
13 Slovenia91.9%
14 Israel91.4%
14 Russian Federation91.4%
16 Portugal90.9%
17 Norway90.3%
17 Switzerland90.3%
19 Germany90.2%
20 Lithuania89.6%
21 Taiwan89.5%
22 Slovakia89.2%
23 Australia88.0%
23 Chile88.0%
23 New Zealand88.0%
26 United States87.4%
27 Czech Republic87.3%
28 United Kingdom86.4%
29 Austria 84.5%
30 Mexico81.9%
31 Croatia81.8%
32 Latvia80.8%
33 Republic of Korea79.7%
34 South Africa78.4%
35 Philippines76.5%
36 Turkiye74.7%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 202 countries.

Source
ISSP 2010

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 5.521162 X +1.686
Correlation coefficient (r)0.505
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.255

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 178109.727604 X -117292.966
Correlation coefficient (r)0.430
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.185

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 36.886508 X +46.521
Correlation coefficient (r)0.482
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.232

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = -1.768837 X +3.180
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.268
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.072

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = -4.106866 X +14.457
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.048
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002