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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:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France 75.8%
2 Switzerland74.4%
3 New Zealand67.6%
4 Japan65.6%
5 Sweden63.4%
6 Lithuania61.1%
7 Latvia60.7%
8 Germany60.1%
9 Iceland59.6%
10 Australia59.4%
11 United States58.3%
12 Slovenia58.0%
13 Finland57.9%
14 Belgium56.6%
15 Republic of Korea49.9%
16 United Kingdom49.6%
17 Turkiye48.6%
18 Denmark47.9%
19 Norway46.1%
20 Hungary45.9%
21 Czech Republic43.7%
22 Slovakia39.0%
23 Israel38.2%
24 Chile37.5%
25 Spain33.0%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 13 countries.

Source
ISSP 2016

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 1.392333 X +6.022
Correlation coefficient (r)0.228
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.052

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 76390.193400 X +3726.783
Correlation coefficient (r)0.384
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.147

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 4.809162 X +78.012
Correlation coefficient (r)0.193
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.037

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -0.454226 X +1.850
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.149
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 18.834227 X +3.610
Correlation coefficient (r)0.365
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.133