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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:
36 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Denmark97.5%
2 Bulgaria96.3%
3 Belgium96.1%
4 Canada95.4%
5 Japan 94.9%
5 Sweden94.9%
7 France94.8%
8 Netherlands94.4%
9 Spain93.7%
10 Argentina93.0%
11 Iceland92.8%
12 Finland92.2%
13 Slovenia91.9%
14 Israel91.4%
14 Russian Federation91.4%
16 Portugal90.9%
17 Norway90.3%
17 Switzerland90.3%
19 Germany90.2%
20 Lithuania89.6%
21 Taiwan89.5%
22 Slovakia89.2%
23 Australia88.0%
23 Chile88.0%
23 New Zealand88.0%
26 United States87.4%
27 Czech Republic87.3%
28 United Kingdom86.4%
29 Austria84.5%
30 Mexico81.9%
31 Croatia81.8%
32 Latvia80.8%
33 Republic of Korea79.7%
34 South Africa78.4%
35 Philippines76.5%
36 Turkiye74.7%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 202 countries.

Source
ISSP 2010

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 5.521162 X +1.686
Correlation coefficient (r)0.505
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.255

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 178596.499260 X -119261.818
Correlation coefficient (r)0.422
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.178

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 45.338459 X +38.348
Correlation coefficient (r)0.507
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.257

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = -1.555219 X +3.055
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.237
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.056

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = -4.106866 X +14.457
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.048
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002