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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:
29 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Denmark87.3%
2 Japan87.0%
3 Spain85.9%
4 Israel85.7%
5 Chile83.8%
6 Portugal80.8%
7 Sweden80.3%
8 Slovakia80.1%
8 Slovenia80.1%
10 Germany79.6%
11 France78.1%
12 Canada77.8%
13 Switzerland77.4%
14 Lithuania74.5%
15 Austria74.0%
16 Norway73.9%
17 Turkiye72.9%
18 Mexico69.8%
19 Belgium69.3%
20 Czech Republic68.2%
21 New Zealand66.5%
22 Republic of Korea63.4%
23 Australia63.3%
24 United States62.7%
25 Netherlands61.9%
26 Iceland61.8%
27 Finland 58.1%
28 Latvia57.9%
29 United Kingdom57.7%

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 = -0.882751 X +7.413
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.144
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.021

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -29265.641243 X +67067.968
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.117
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 7.692551 X +74.722
Correlation coefficient (r)0.199
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.040

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 0.496666 X +1.250
Correlation coefficient (r)0.135
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -15.623586 X +21.931
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.351
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.123