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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:
22 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Denmark98.1%
2 Sweden96.4%
3 Canada96.2%
4 Czech Republic95.5%
5 Spain94.4%
6 Japan94.1%
7 Finland94.0%
8 Norway93.7%
9 Netherlands93.1%
10 Chile93.0%
11 Ireland92.8%
12 Israel92.6%
13 Latvia92.5%
14 Mexico92.0%
15 Germany91.8%
15 New Zealand91.8%
17 Switzerland 91.7%
18 Slovenia91.0%
18 United Kingdom91.0%
20 Portugal89.3%
21 United States88.5%
22 Austria88.2%

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 = 7.010791 X +0.353
Correlation coefficient (r)0.375
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.141

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 57658.901032 X -3191.036
Correlation coefficient (r)0.054
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 33.013468 X +49.953
Correlation coefficient (r)0.235
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.055

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 0.269928 X +1.380
Correlation coefficient (r)0.020
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -10.835035 X +19.818
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.088
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008