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Question: Are you in favour of or against government support for industry to develop new products and technology?
Choices: "Strongly in favour of" "In favour of" "Neither in favour of nor against" "Against" "Strongly against"
Data: % of "Strongly in favour of" "In favour of"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Australia90.7%
2 United Kingdom87.1%
3 Japan84.8%
4 France 84.0%
5 Republic of Korea81.0%
6 United States79.6%
7 Germany78.3%
8 Sweden66.1%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2016

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -2.211236 X +8.466
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.371
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.138

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -24481.580727 X +69963.248
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.120
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 2.185337 X +80.045
Correlation coefficient (r)0.063
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.126567 X +1.617
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.029
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -11.381836 X +21.312
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.191
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.036