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 Republic of Korea96.7%
2 Japan92.2%
3 Australia86.8%
4 United States85.2%
5 France 82.9%
6 Germany78.4%
7 Canada70.2%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. 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 2006

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -3.198932 X +9.297
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.716
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.513

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -74002.638490 X +113137.661
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.400
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.160

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 7.317910 X +75.707
Correlation coefficient (r)0.237
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.056

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -2.047044 X +3.205
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.525
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.276

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 35.682078 X -17.709
Correlation coefficient (r)0.724
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.524