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Question: On the whole, do you think it should or should not be the government's responsibility to keep prices under control?
Choices: "Definately should be" "Probably should be" "Probably should not be" "Definately should not be"
Data: % of "Definately should be" "Probably should be"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 96.0%
2 Russian Federation94.7%
3 Italy93.2%
4 Cyprus93.0%
4 Philippines93.0%
6 Ireland92.0%
7 Spain91.4%
8 Israel90.1%
9 Norway89.8%
9 Slovenia89.8%
11 Hungary87.6%
12 Bulgaria87.0%
13 Switzerland86.1%
14 United States85.9%
15 Poland84.1%
16 Czech Republic81.9%
17 Australia81.0%
18 Latvia80.5%
19 Syrian Arab Republic78.4%
20 Germany75.9%
21 France75.7%
22 New Zealand73.7%
23 Uruguay69.0%
24 Canada63.9%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 214 countries.

Source
ISSP 1996

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -2.013979 X +8.261
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.354
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.125

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -9540.087382 X +51075.362
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.028
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -1.948415 X +80.414
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.034
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 0.008994 X +1.689
Correlation coefficient (r)0.002
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -10.655475 X +18.833
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.185
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.034