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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:
22 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Denmark89.2%
2 Israel88.0%
3 Spain87.2%
4 Japan 85.1%
5 Germany85.0%
6 Chile84.4%
7 Mexico82.9%
8 Portugal82.4%
8 Sweden82.4%
10 Austria81.7%
11 Ireland81.5%
12 Switzerland80.0%
13 Canada79.6%
14 Slovenia79.0%
15 Norway78.2%
16 Czech Republic76.8%
17 New Zealand70.1%
18 Netherlands68.9%
19 United States66.1%
20 Finland65.6%
21 United Kingdom64.8%
22 Latvia55.2%

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

No data for 16 countries.

Source
ISSP 2000

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -0.115012 X +6.949
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.022
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 4595.076536 X +46738.854
Correlation coefficient (r)0.015
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 13.907260 X +69.755
Correlation coefficient (r)0.357
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.127

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 0.619774 X +1.148
Correlation coefficient (r)0.162
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.026

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -20.149851 X +25.462
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.593
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.352