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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with each of these statements? - There are times when people should follow their consciences even if it means breaking the law
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree"
Period:
Area:
15 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Russian Federation65.7%
2 Portugal64.4%
3 Latvia63.1%
4 Czech Republic57.5%
5 Syrian Arab Republic56.6%
6 Denmark52.8%
7 Bulgaria49.8%
8 Philippines44.3%
9 Japan 43.2%
10 Austria40.7%
11 Finland38.5%
12 Netherlands37.2%
13 Norway36.4%
14 Ireland36.3%
15 New Zealand35.5%

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

No data for 223 countries.

Source
ISSP 2000

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data14
Regression equation
Y = -3.436812 X +8.288
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.542
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.294

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data14
Regression equation
Y = -168372.342915 X +124708.684
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.603
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.364

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = -27.938585 X +91.581
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.573
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.328

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = 0.244199 X +1.605
Correlation coefficient (r)0.062
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data15
Regression equation
Y = 9.302588 X +5.362
Correlation coefficient (r)0.212
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.045