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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:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Canada93.9%
2 Italy93.4%
3 Japan 93.0%
4 Germany92.8%
5 United Kingdom92.7%
6 United States91.2%
7 Australia90.7%

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

No data for 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 1993

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -14.235846 X +19.979
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.409
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.167

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -809801.309271 X +800390.440
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.775
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.601

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 57.448691 X +28.401
Correlation coefficient (r)0.291
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.085

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -9.325902 X +10.099
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.742
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.551

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -127.813163 X +130.064
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.426
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.181