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Question: Which one of the following would be closest to your views?
Choices: "A. Government should let businesses decide for themselves how to protect the environment, even if it means they don't always do the right thing" "B. Government should pass laws to make businesses protect the environment, even if it interferes with businesses' rights to make their own decisions"
Data: % of B
Period:
Area:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Denmark98.1%
2 Sweden96.4%
3 Canada96.2%
4 Czech Republic95.5%
5 Russian Federation94.5%
6 Spain94.4%
7 Japan 94.1%
8 Finland94.0%
9 Norway93.7%
10 Netherlands93.1%
11 Chile93.0%
12 Ireland92.8%
13 Israel92.6%
14 Latvia92.5%
15 Mexico92.0%
16 Germany91.8%
16 New Zealand91.8%
18 Switzerland91.7%
19 Slovenia91.0%
19 United Kingdom91.0%
21 Bulgaria90.1%
22 Portugal89.3%
23 United States88.5%
24 Austria88.2%
25 Philippines76.7%

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 data25
Regression equation
Y = 5.639486 X +1.533
Correlation coefficient (r)0.396
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.157

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 203133.559164 X -141522.235
Correlation coefficient (r)0.290
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.084

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 53.885499 X +29.689
Correlation coefficient (r)0.452
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.204

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -4.432406 X +5.751
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.453
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.205

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 34.176096 X -21.667
Correlation coefficient (r)0.337
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.114