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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with each of these statements? - Private enterprise is the best way to solve the country's economic problems.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Netherlands71.0%
2 Portugal65.9%
3 Germany64.2%
4 Denmark58.7%
5 Chile57.3%
6 Austria56.7%
7 Syrian Arab Republic56.6%
8 Philippines55.9%
9 Czech Republic55.8%
10 Mexico53.6%
11 New Zealand52.7%
12 Slovenia51.3%
13 Israel50.9%
14 Canada48.8%
14 Uruguay48.8%
16 Ireland48.7%
17 Bulgaria48.6%
18 Finland46.3%
19 Switzerland46.0%
20 Russian Federation44.9%
21 United States40.6%
22 Spain38.7%
23 Latvia38.5%
24 Norway36.3%
25 Japan 9.8%

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

No data for 213 countries.

Source
ISSP 2000

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 1.008980 X +6.196
Correlation coefficient (r)0.215
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.046

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -23416.744628 X +55714.261
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.097
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -5.526096 X +81.428
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.133
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 0.980011 X +1.220
Correlation coefficient (r)0.260
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.068

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -13.300693 X +16.516
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.340
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.116