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Question: On the whole, do you think it should or should not be the government's responsibility to impose strict laws to make industry do less damage to the environment?
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:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Bulgaria97.8%
2 Ireland97.5%
3 Hungary97.4%
3 Spain97.4%
5 Italy97.1%
6 Czech Republic97.0%
6 Russian Federation97.0%
8 New Zealand96.5%
9 Germany96.3%
10 Australia96.1%
10 Poland96.1%
12 France95.2%
13 Cyprus95.1%
13 United States95.1%
15 Slovenia94.9%
16 Japan94.2%
17 Norway93.9%
17 Switzerland93.9%
19 Latvia93.5%
20 Canada92.7%
21 Israel90.7%
22 Uruguay88.7%
23 Syrian Arab Republic88.6%
24 Philippines 86.9%

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

No data for 214 countries.

Source
ISSP 1996

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -1.589124 X +8.103
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.075
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = 124171.465739 X -76221.855
Correlation coefficient (r)0.132
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 30.741005 X +50.233
Correlation coefficient (r)0.233
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.054

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -10.438936 X +11.548
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.733
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.537

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 46.801263 X -32.083
Correlation coefficient (r)0.241
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.058