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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with each of these statements? - Private enterprise is the best way to solve the country's economic problems.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Netherlands71.0%
2 Portugal65.9%
3 Germany64.2%
4 Denmark58.7%
5 Chile57.3%
6 Austria56.7%
7 Czech Republic55.8%
8 Mexico53.6%
9 New Zealand52.7%
10 Slovenia51.3%
11 Israel 50.9%
12 Canada48.8%
13 Ireland48.7%
14 Finland46.3%
15 Switzerland46.0%
16 United States40.6%
17 Spain38.7%
18 Latvia38.5%
19 Norway36.3%
20 Japan9.8%

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

No data for 18 countries.

Source
ISSP 2000

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 1.033302 X +6.393
Correlation coefficient (r)0.241
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.058

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -17912.428285 X +58041.923
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.093
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -3.982556 X +82.820
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.209
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.044

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 0.487391 X +1.368
Correlation coefficient (r)0.183
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.033

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -8.308030 X +16.405
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.275
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.076