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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:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France75.8%
2 Japan 65.6%
3 Sweden63.4%
4 Germany60.1%
5 Australia59.4%
6 United States58.3%
7 Republic of Korea49.9%
8 United Kingdom49.6%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2016

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.585796 X +6.312
Correlation coefficient (r)0.113
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -3820.205712 X +52325.151
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.021
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 5.895373 X +78.272
Correlation coefficient (r)0.195
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.038

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 2.098004 X +0.249
Correlation coefficient (r)0.553
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.306

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -15.446506 X +21.350
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.297
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.088