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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:
17 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Norway95.4%
2 Israel95.3%
3 Czech Republic95.0%
4 Netherlands94.9%
5 Hungary94.3%
6 New Zealand94.2%
7 Canada93.9%
8 Slovenia93.6%
9 Italy93.4%
10 Japan 93.0%
10 Spain93.0%
12 Germany92.8%
13 United Kingdom92.7%
14 Poland92.1%
15 United States91.2%
16 Australia90.7%
17 Ireland90.6%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 21 countries.

Source
ISSP 1993

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 7.184954 X +0.050
Correlation coefficient (r)0.271
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.073

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -342367.734927 X +369344.332
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.199
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.040

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 10.700706 X +70.846
Correlation coefficient (r)0.054
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 7.821836 X -5.675
Correlation coefficient (r)0.299
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.089

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -39.388919 X +46.229
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.206
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.042