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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:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Denmark89.2%
2 Russian Federation88.3%
3 Israel88.0%
4 Spain87.2%
5 Bulgaria86.7%
6 Japan85.1%
7 Germany85.0%
8 Chile84.4%
9 Mexico82.9%
10 Portugal82.4%
10 Sweden82.4%
12 Austria81.7%
13 Ireland81.5%
14 Switzerland80.0%
15 Canada79.6%
16 Slovenia79.0%
17 Norway78.2%
18 Czech Republic76.8%
19 Philippines72.5%
20 New Zealand70.1%
21 Netherlands68.9%
22 United States66.1%
23 Finland 65.6%
24 United Kingdom64.8%
25 Latvia55.2%

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

No data for 213 countries.

Source
ISSP 2000

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -1.501669 X +7.945
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.194
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.038

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -14403.304702 X +56016.169
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.048
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 5.062987 X +75.887
Correlation coefficient (r)0.121
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 0.338521 X +1.374
Correlation coefficient (r)0.083
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -8.928881 X +19.218
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.158
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.025