Tweet
Question: On the whole, do you think it should or should not be the government's responsibility to keep prices under control?
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 Japan96.0%
2 Italy93.2%
3 United States85.9%
4 Australia81.0%
5 Germany75.9%
6 France 75.7%
7 Canada63.9%

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 = -2.261695 X +8.475
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.741
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.549

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -47206.372269 X +89295.803
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.331
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.110

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 1.687491 X +80.422
Correlation coefficient (r)0.071
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -0.861995 X +2.240
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.444
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.197

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.213849 X +11.075
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.042
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002