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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:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Norway95.4%
2 Israel95.3%
3 Czech Republic95.0%
4 Netherlands94.9%
5 Hungary94.3%
6 New Zealand94.2%
7 Canada93.9%
8 Russian Federation93.8%
9 Slovenia93.6%
10 Italy93.4%
11 Japan93.0%
11 Spain93.0%
13 Bulgaria92.9%
14 Germany92.8%
15 United Kingdom92.7%
16 Poland92.1%
17 United States91.2%
18 Australia90.7%
19 Ireland90.6%
20 Philippines 78.9%

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

No data for 218 countries.

Source
ISSP 1993

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 5.474319 X +1.582
Correlation coefficient (r)0.306
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.094

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 179563.220696 X -123557.808
Correlation coefficient (r)0.248
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.062

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 50.754057 X +32.609
Correlation coefficient (r)0.445
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.198

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -4.190250 X +5.505
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.374
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.140

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 58.814331 X -42.618
Correlation coefficient (r)0.403
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.162