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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:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Denmark89.2%
2 Russian Federation88.3%
3 Israel88.0%
4 Spain87.2%
5 Bulgaria86.7%
6 Japan 85.1%
7 Germany85.0%
8 Chile84.4%
9 Mexico82.9%
10 Portugal82.4%
10 Sweden82.4%
12 Austria81.7%
13 Ireland81.5%
14 Switzerland80.0%
15 Canada79.6%
16 Slovenia79.0%
17 Norway78.2%
18 Czech Republic76.8%
19 Philippines72.5%
20 New Zealand70.1%
21 Netherlands68.9%
22 United States66.1%
23 Finland65.6%
24 United Kingdom64.8%
25 Latvia55.2%

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 = -1.014171 X +7.524
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.157
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.025

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -15127.617284 X +57474.134
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.048
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 6.160708 X +74.494
Correlation coefficient (r)0.114
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 0.103161 X +1.587
Correlation coefficient (r)0.023
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -10.924355 X +18.388
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.238
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.057