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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:
35 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Suriname98.1%
2 Taiwan97.0%
3 Russian Federation95.0%
4 Philippines94.7%
5 Georgia94.6%
6 Chile93.2%
6 Thailand93.2%
8 Republic of Korea93.1%
9 South Africa92.6%
10 India92.5%
11 Turkiye90.2%
12 Japan 87.9%
13 Slovakia87.3%
14 Croatia85.9%
15 Israel85.8%
16 Lithuania85.4%
17 Belgium84.3%
18 Spain84.0%
19 United Kingdom83.8%
20 Norway83.4%
21 Slovenia81.8%
22 Iceland79.2%
23 France78.8%
24 Venezuela78.4%
25 Hungary77.1%
26 Australia75.9%
27 Sweden75.3%
28 New Zealand73.0%
29 United States72.6%
30 Czech Republic71.4%
31 Latvia71.0%
32 Germany70.9%
33 Switzerland70.3%
34 Finland69.7%
35 Denmark65.5%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 203 countries.

Source
ISSP 2016

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -5.468489 X +10.967
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.616
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.379

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = -171670.041071 X +178442.246
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.595
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.354

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -29.550221 X +102.232
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.466
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.217

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 0.933120 X +0.959
Correlation coefficient (r)0.199
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.040

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 13.189856 X +0.523
Correlation coefficient (r)0.207
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.043