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Question: Which one of the following would be closest to your views?
Choices: "A. Government should let ordinary people 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 ordinary people protect the environment, even if it interferes with people's rights to make their own decisions"
Data: % of B
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy88.0%
2 Germany87.0%
3 Japan 83.5%
4 Canada82.9%
5 United States78.8%
6 Australia77.1%
7 United Kingdom69.6%

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 = -2.381983 X +8.736
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.377
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.142

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -74609.458135 X +111515.860
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.393
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.154

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 7.998460 X +75.080
Correlation coefficient (r)0.223
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.050

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.444448 X +2.640
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.633
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.401

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 3.397741 X +9.048
Correlation coefficient (r)0.062
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004