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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%
4 France 94.8%
5 Germany90.2%
7 United States87.4%
8 United Kingdom86.4%

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 data6
Regression equation
Y = -2.514472 X +8.928
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.348
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.121

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -223127.948723 X +257001.428
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.571
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.326

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 30.232652 X +53.615
Correlation coefficient (r)0.556
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.309

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -1.856352 X +3.212
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.372
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.138

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 9.036936 X +2.045
Correlation coefficient (r)0.133
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018