Tweet
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:
6 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy65.3%
2 Germany65.2%
3 Canada54.7%
4 Australia53.5%
5 United States41.5%
6 Japan 11.9%

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

No data for 4 countries.

Source
ISSP 1993

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 1.398440 X +6.103
Correlation coefficient (r)0.642
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.412

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 5135.871703 X +49240.853
Correlation coefficient (r)0.078
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -3.531339 X +83.386
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.284
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.081

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 0.041656 X +1.435
Correlation coefficient (r)0.054
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -11.562508 X +18.079
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.700
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.490