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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:
6 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 85.1%
2 Germany85.0%
3 Sweden82.4%
4 Canada79.6%
5 United States66.1%
6 United Kingdom64.8%

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

No data for 4 countries.

Source
ISSP 2000

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -0.999446 X +7.672
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.206
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.042

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -45964.250523 X +88581.913
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.412
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.170

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 18.241933 X +67.223
Correlation coefficient (r)0.710
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.504

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -0.630850 X +2.008
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.457
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.209

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 10.970409 X +4.551
Correlation coefficient (r)0.338
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.114