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Question: Which one of the following would be closest to your views?
Choices: "A. Government should let businesses decide for themselves how to protect the environment, even if it means they don't always do the right thing" "B. Government should pass laws to make businesses protect the environment, even if it interferes with businesses' rights to make their own decisions"
Data: % of B
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Canada95.4%
2 Japan94.9%
2 Sweden94.9%
4 France 94.8%
5 Germany90.2%
6 Australia88.0%
7 United States87.4%
8 United Kingdom86.4%
9 Republic of Korea79.7%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2010

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 2.758978 X +4.203
Correlation coefficient (r)0.352
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.124

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 17308.380164 X +34969.875
Correlation coefficient (r)0.065
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 10.316094 X +72.607
Correlation coefficient (r)0.228
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.052

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 3.108805 X -1.299
Correlation coefficient (r)0.550
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.303

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -42.956368 X +50.594
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.552
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.305