Tweet
Question: On the whole, do you think it should or should not be the government's responsibility to keep prices under control?
Choices: "Definately should be" "Probably should be" "Probably should not be" "Definately should not be"
Data: % of "Definately should be" "Probably should be"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 96.0%
2 Italy93.2%
3 United States85.9%
4 Australia81.0%
5 Germany75.9%
6 France75.7%
7 Canada63.9%

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

No data for 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 1996

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -2.551465 X +8.854
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.707
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.500

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -34897.301401 X +79253.282
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.316
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.100

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 4.113224 X +78.384
Correlation coefficient (r)0.200
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.040

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -0.690297 X +2.072
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.385
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.148

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -0.765798 X +13.268
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.028
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001