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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:
36 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Denmark97.5%
2 Bulgaria96.3%
3 Belgium96.1%
4 Canada95.4%
5 Japan94.9%
5 Sweden94.9%
7 France94.8%
8 Netherlands94.4%
9 Spain93.7%
10 Argentina93.0%
11 Iceland92.8%
12 Finland 92.2%
13 Slovenia91.9%
14 Israel91.4%
14 Russian Federation91.4%
16 Portugal90.9%
17 Norway90.3%
17 Switzerland90.3%
19 Germany90.2%
20 Lithuania89.6%
21 Taiwan89.5%
22 Slovakia89.2%
23 Australia88.0%
23 Chile88.0%
23 New Zealand88.0%
26 United States87.4%
27 Czech Republic87.3%
28 United Kingdom86.4%
29 Austria84.5%
30 Mexico81.9%
31 Croatia81.8%
32 Latvia80.8%
33 Republic of Korea79.7%
34 South Africa78.4%
35 Philippines76.5%
36 Turkiye74.7%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 202 countries.

Source
ISSP 2010

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 6.344532 X +0.955
Correlation coefficient (r)0.497
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.247

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 180039.809333 X -121207.043
Correlation coefficient (r)0.447
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.200

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 34.031251 X +49.019
Correlation coefficient (r)0.465
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.216

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = -1.565113 X +3.051
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.246
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.061

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 1.152983 X +12.394
Correlation coefficient (r)0.011
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000