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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:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Canada95.4%
2 Japan 94.9%
2 Sweden94.9%
4 France94.8%
5 Germany90.2%
6 Australia88.0%
7 United States87.4%
8 United Kingdom86.4%
9 Republic of Korea79.7%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2010

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 3.075203 X +4.025
Correlation coefficient (r)0.332
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.110

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 30863.338718 X +23482.476
Correlation coefficient (r)0.146
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.021

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 5.851800 X +76.567
Correlation coefficient (r)0.150
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 3.103678 X -1.313
Correlation coefficient (r)0.591
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.349

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -59.013222 X +68.001
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.553
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.306