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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:
6 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden96.4%
2 Canada96.2%
3 Japan 94.1%
4 Germany91.8%
5 United Kingdom91.0%
6 United States88.5%

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 2000

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 1.037372 X +5.936
Correlation coefficient (r)0.072
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -108571.047228 X +154083.907
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.326
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.106

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 57.351129 X +27.963
Correlation coefficient (r)0.749
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.561

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -1.515400 X +2.931
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.368
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.135

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 3.203285 X +10.038
Correlation coefficient (r)0.033
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001