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Question: Which one of the following would be closest to your views?
Choices: "A. Government should let ordinary people 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 ordinary people protect the environment, even if it interferes with people's rights to make their own decisions"
Data: % of B
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan87.0%
2 Sweden80.3%
3 Germany79.6%
4 France 78.1%
5 Canada77.8%
6 Republic of Korea63.4%
7 Australia63.3%
8 United States62.7%
9 United Kingdom57.7%

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 = -0.232602 X +6.859
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.057
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -43651.651864 X +82101.454
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.318
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.101

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 10.486364 X +74.339
Correlation coefficient (r)0.450
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.203

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 0.285786 X +1.298
Correlation coefficient (r)0.098
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -7.851507 X +17.522
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.195
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.038