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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:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Israel92.8%
2 Spain89.8%
3 Russian Federation89.1%
4 Bulgaria88.9%
5 Italy88.0%
6 Hungary87.5%
7 Norway87.2%
8 Germany87.0%
9 Poland86.7%
10 Slovenia85.9%
11 Czech Republic83.6%
12 Japan83.5%
13 Canada82.9%
14 Netherlands80.5%
15 New Zealand79.9%
16 United States78.8%
17 Australia77.1%
18 Ireland74.6%
19 Philippines 69.7%
20 United Kingdom69.6%

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 = -1.899570 X +8.230
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.197
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.039

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -90375.520429 X +117842.564
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.232
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.054

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 2.153563 X +77.809
Correlation coefficient (r)0.035
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -0.711625 X +2.217
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.118
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 21.856504 X -6.340
Correlation coefficient (r)0.279
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.078