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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:
29 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Denmark97.5%
2 Belgium96.1%
3 Canada95.4%
4 Japan94.9%
4 Sweden94.9%
6 France94.8%
7 Netherlands94.4%
8 Spain93.7%
9 Iceland92.8%
10 Finland 92.2%
11 Slovenia91.9%
12 Israel91.4%
13 Portugal90.9%
14 Norway90.3%
14 Switzerland90.3%
16 Germany90.2%
17 Lithuania89.6%
18 Slovakia89.2%
19 Australia88.0%
19 Chile88.0%
19 New Zealand88.0%
22 United States87.4%
23 Czech Republic87.3%
24 United Kingdom86.4%
25 Austria84.5%
26 Mexico81.9%
27 Latvia80.8%
28 Republic of Korea79.7%
29 Turkiye74.7%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 9 countries.

Source
ISSP 2010

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 6.453181 X +0.988
Correlation coefficient (r)0.597
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.356

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 181800.377702 X -117142.118
Correlation coefficient (r)0.411
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.169

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 37.465651 X +46.791
Correlation coefficient (r)0.549
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.301

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 0.366877 X +1.285
Correlation coefficient (r)0.057
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 0.507939 X +10.056
Correlation coefficient (r)0.006
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000