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Question: Which of these approaches do you think would be the best way of getting business and industry in your country to protect the environment?
Choices: "Heavy fines for businesses that damage the environment" "Use the tax system to reward businesses that protect the environment" "More information and education for businesses about the advantages of protecting the environment" "Can't choose"
Data: % of "Heavy fines for businesses that damage the environment"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
2 Germany43.5%
3 France41.2%
5 Italy38.5%
6 United States37.9%
8 Japan20.3%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2020

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 2.689018 X +5.512
Correlation coefficient (r)0.857
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.734

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 83750.394991 X +20113.757
Correlation coefficient (r)0.409
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.167

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -13.505164 X +86.340
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.487
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.237

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 1.376987 X +0.984
Correlation coefficient (r)0.519
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.269

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -16.297517 X +15.713
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.386
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.149