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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:
18 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Ireland97.5%
2 Hungary97.4%
2 Spain97.4%
4 Italy97.1%
5 Czech Republic97.0%
6 New Zealand96.5%
7 Germany96.3%
8 Australia96.1%
8 Poland96.1%
10 France95.2%
11 United States95.1%
12 Slovenia94.9%
13 Japan 94.2%
14 Norway93.9%
14 Switzerland93.9%
16 Latvia93.5%
17 Canada92.7%
18 Israel90.7%

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 20 countries.

Source
ISSP 1996

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -7.586435 X +14.024
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.300
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.090

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -232448.420156 X +270426.314
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.172
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.030

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -29.375932 X +108.780
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.193
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.037

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -10.425489 X +11.529
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.542
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.294

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -15.312405 X +27.282
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.071
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005