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Question: Would you like to see more or less government spending in the environment? Remember that if you say "much more", it might require a tax increase to pay for it.
Choices: "Spend much more" "Spend more" "Spend the same as now" "Spend less" "Spend much less"
Data: % of "Spend much more" "Spend more"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan70.7%
2 Italy60.4%
3 Germany58.1%
4 Canada50.1%
5 France 48.2%
6 Australia48.1%
7 United States44.6%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. 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 1996

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -3.041598 X +8.280
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.825
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.681

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -135542.860919 X +124367.565
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.786
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.618

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 16.331076 X +72.930
Correlation coefficient (r)0.568
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.323

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.774759 X +2.500
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.757
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.573

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -10.870998 X +15.989
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.311
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.097