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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:
36 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Bulgaria91.0%
2 Argentina87.4%
3 Denmark87.3%
4 Japan87.0%
5 Spain85.9%
6 Israel85.7%
7 Russian Federation85.2%
8 Chile83.8%
9 Portugal80.8%
10 Sweden80.3%
11 Slovakia80.1%
11 Slovenia80.1%
13 Germany79.6%
14 France78.1%
15 Canada77.8%
16 Switzerland77.4%
17 Philippines76.4%
18 Taiwan74.8%
19 Croatia74.6%
20 Lithuania74.5%
21 Austria74.0%
22 Norway73.9%
23 Turkiye72.9%
24 Mexico69.8%
25 South Africa69.5%
26 Belgium69.3%
27 Czech Republic68.2%
28 New Zealand66.5%
29 Republic of Korea63.4%
30 Australia63.3%
31 United States62.7%
32 Netherlands61.9%
33 Iceland61.8%
34 Finland 58.1%
35 Latvia57.9%
36 United Kingdom57.7%

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 = -2.147862 X +8.200
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.271
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.073

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -59612.411724 X +83389.991
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.238
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.057

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = -2.196968 X +80.937
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.048
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 0.647132 X +1.177
Correlation coefficient (r)0.164
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = -12.955163 X +23.058
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.201
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.040