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Question: On the whole, do you think it should or should not be the government's responsibility to keep prices under control?
Choices: "Definately should be" "Probably should be" "Probably should not be" "Definately should not be"
Data: % of "Definately should be" "Probably should be"
Period:
Area:
18 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 96.0%
2 Italy93.2%
3 Ireland92.0%
4 Spain91.4%
5 Israel90.1%
6 Norway89.8%
6 Slovenia89.8%
8 Hungary87.6%
9 Switzerland86.1%
10 United States85.9%
11 Poland84.1%
12 Czech Republic81.9%
13 Australia81.0%
14 Latvia80.5%
15 Germany75.9%
16 France75.7%
17 New Zealand73.7%
18 Canada63.9%

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 20 countries.

Source
ISSP 1996

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -1.108867 X +7.638
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.232
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.054

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 25418.910863 X +28756.246
Correlation coefficient (r)0.074
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 4.604110 X +76.749
Correlation coefficient (r)0.107
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -0.012565 X +1.640
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.003
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -6.894856 X +15.847
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.181
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.033