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Question: On the whole, do you think it should or should not be the government's responsibility to impose strict laws to make industry do less damage to the environment?
Choices: "Definately should be" "Probably should be" "Probably should not be" "Definately should not be"
Data: % of "Definately should be" "Probably should be"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy97.1%
2 Germany96.3%
3 Australia96.1%
4 France 95.2%
5 United States95.1%
6 Japan94.2%
7 Canada92.7%

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

No data for 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 1996

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.654205 X +8.203
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.071
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -136518.082982 X +180772.151
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.126
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -13.900599 X +95.039
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.077
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 1.097182 X +0.491
Correlation coefficient (r)0.074
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -117.396272 X +121.896
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.534
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.285