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Question: On the whole, do you think it should or should not be the government's responsibility to keep prices under control?
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:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea93.1%
2 Japan 87.9%
3 United Kingdom83.8%
4 France78.8%
5 Australia75.9%
6 Sweden75.3%
7 United States72.6%
8 Germany70.9%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2016

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -5.723682 X +11.337
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.854
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.729

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -126251.805274 X +151955.784
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.815
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.664

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 16.951823 X +68.337
Correlation coefficient (r)0.594
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.353

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -2.927463 X +3.833
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.764
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.584

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 43.035501 X -19.187
Correlation coefficient (r)0.560
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.314