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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 Republic of Korea96.7%
2 Japan 92.2%
3 Australia86.8%
4 United States85.2%
5 France82.9%
6 Germany78.4%
7 Canada70.2%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. 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 2006

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -4.328096 X +10.357
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.749
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.561

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -54550.396397 X +96826.364
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.384
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.147

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 10.335020 X +73.154
Correlation coefficient (r)0.382
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.146

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.798757 X +2.974
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.501
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.251

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 49.493198 X -26.114
Correlation coefficient (r)0.736
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.542