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Question: In general, would you say that people should obey the law without exception, or are there exceptional occasions on which people should follow their consciences even if it means breaking the law?
Choices: "Obey the law without exception" "Follow conscience on occasions"
Data: % of "Follow conscience on occasions"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France 77.3%
2 Japan75.7%
3 Germany61.0%
4 Canada60.3%
5 Republic of Korea58.7%
6 Australia58.0%
7 United States56.3%

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 = -1.849667 X +7.772
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.415
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.172

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -109561.398930 X +120520.020
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.593
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.352

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 13.315064 X +73.392
Correlation coefficient (r)0.431
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.186

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.712080 X +1.018
Correlation coefficient (r)0.183
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.033

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -16.126843 X +22.794
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.328
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.108