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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:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France75.8%
2 Switzerland74.4%
3 New Zealand67.6%
4 Japan 65.6%
5 Sweden63.4%
6 Lithuania61.1%
7 Latvia60.7%
8 Germany60.1%
9 Iceland59.6%
10 Australia59.4%
11 United States58.3%
12 Slovenia58.0%
13 Finland57.9%
14 Belgium56.6%
15 Republic of Korea49.9%
16 United Kingdom49.6%
17 Turkiye48.6%
18 Denmark47.9%
19 Norway46.1%
20 Hungary45.9%
21 Czech Republic43.7%
22 Slovakia39.0%
23 Israel38.2%
24 Chile37.5%
25 Spain33.0%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 13 countries.

Source
ISSP 2016

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 1.017343 X +6.185
Correlation coefficient (r)0.188
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 76733.917161 X +5690.046
Correlation coefficient (r)0.372
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.138

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 4.695733 X +78.181
Correlation coefficient (r)0.195
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.038

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -0.461982 X +1.795
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.147
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 14.386286 X +3.148
Correlation coefficient (r)0.376
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.141