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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:
4 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany64.2%
2 Canada48.8%
3 United States40.6%
4 Japan 9.8%

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

No data for 6 countries.

Source
ISSP 2000

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 1.960934 X +5.968
Correlation coefficient (r)0.922
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.850

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 22973.346518 X +43476.638
Correlation coefficient (r)0.427
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.182

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -6.843805 X +83.921
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.521
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.271

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 0.307677 X +1.352
Correlation coefficient (r)0.525
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.276

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -6.236527 X +16.423
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.667
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.445