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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:
17 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Israel92.8%
2 Spain89.8%
3 Italy88.0%
4 Hungary87.5%
5 Norway87.2%
6 Germany87.0%
7 Poland86.7%
8 Slovenia85.9%
9 Czech Republic83.6%
10 Japan 83.5%
11 Canada82.9%
12 Netherlands80.5%
13 New Zealand79.9%
14 United States78.8%
15 Australia77.1%
16 Ireland74.6%
17 United Kingdom69.6%

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 = -1.049699 X +7.627
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.155
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.024

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -157318.967975 X +180897.157
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.357
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.127

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -1.053031 X +81.706
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.021
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 1.136898 X +0.676
Correlation coefficient (r)0.170
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.029

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -12.419414 X +19.820
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.254
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.065