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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:
23 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France77.3%
2 Japan 75.7%
3 Switzerland70.5%
4 New Zealand69.4%
5 Netherlands65.8%
6 Finland65.0%
7 Germany61.0%
8 Canada60.3%
9 Republic of Korea58.7%
10 Slovenia58.5%
11 Australia58.0%
12 Latvia57.1%
13 United States56.3%
14 Norway54.3%
15 Portugal50.0%
16 Czech Republic49.8%
17 Denmark48.6%
18 Ireland45.4%
19 Hungary39.7%
20 Israel38.9%
21 Spain29.8%
22 Chile29.4%
23 Poland28.0%

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

No data for 15 countries.

Source
ISSP 2006

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = 0.693007 X +6.381
Correlation coefficient (r)0.194
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.038

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = 53501.693691 X +19607.929
Correlation coefficient (r)0.281
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.079

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = 9.034728 X +75.834
Correlation coefficient (r)0.403
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.162

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -0.268768 X +1.738
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.100
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = 9.745956 X +5.277
Correlation coefficient (r)0.385
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.148