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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:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Chile93.2%
2 Republic of Korea93.1%
3 Turkiye90.2%
4 Japan 87.9%
5 Slovakia87.3%
6 Israel85.8%
7 Lithuania85.4%
8 Belgium84.3%
9 Spain84.0%
10 United Kingdom83.8%
11 Norway83.4%
12 Slovenia81.8%
13 Iceland79.2%
14 France78.8%
15 Hungary77.1%
16 Australia75.9%
17 Sweden75.3%
18 New Zealand73.0%
19 United States72.6%
20 Czech Republic71.4%
21 Latvia71.0%
22 Germany70.9%
23 Switzerland70.3%
24 Finland69.7%
25 Denmark65.5%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 13 countries.

Source
ISSP 2016

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -5.462850 X +11.129
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.622
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.387

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -129920.056241 X +148682.016
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.455
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.207

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 1.660120 X +79.302
Correlation coefficient (r)0.046
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -0.060949 X +1.652
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.014
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -0.121195 X +13.937
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.002
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000