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Question: Which one of the following would be closest to your views?
Choices: "A. Government should let ordinary people 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 ordinary people protect the environment, even if it interferes with people's rights to make their own decisions"
Data: % of B
Period:
Area:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Israel92.8%
2 Spain89.8%
3 Russian Federation89.1%
4 Bulgaria88.9%
5 Italy88.0%
6 Hungary87.5%
7 Norway87.2%
8 Germany87.0%
9 Poland86.7%
10 Slovenia85.9%
11 Czech Republic83.6%
12 Japan 83.5%
13 Canada82.9%
14 Netherlands80.5%
15 New Zealand79.9%
16 United States78.8%
17 Australia77.1%
18 Ireland74.6%
19 Philippines69.7%
20 United Kingdom69.6%

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

No data for 218 countries.

Source
ISSP 1993

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -1.180392 X +7.587
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.147
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -82773.760576 X +112913.021
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.193
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.037

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 3.413323 X +76.377
Correlation coefficient (r)0.046
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -1.211416 X +2.678
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.178
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.032

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 9.696528 X +1.526
Correlation coefficient (r)0.150
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022