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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:
22 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Denmark98.1%
2 Sweden96.4%
3 Canada96.2%
4 Czech Republic95.5%
5 Spain94.4%
6 Japan 94.1%
7 Finland94.0%
8 Norway93.7%
9 Netherlands93.1%
10 Chile93.0%
11 Ireland92.8%
12 Israel92.6%
13 Latvia92.5%
14 Mexico92.0%
15 Germany91.8%
15 New Zealand91.8%
17 Switzerland91.7%
18 Slovenia91.0%
18 United Kingdom91.0%
20 Portugal89.3%
21 United States88.5%
22 Austria88.2%

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

No data for 16 countries.

Source
ISSP 2000

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 5.779744 X +1.565
Correlation coefficient (r)0.261
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.068

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 70757.071770 X -16101.461
Correlation coefficient (r)0.072
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 24.756222 X +57.943
Correlation coefficient (r)0.254
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.065

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -0.157499 X +1.756
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.012
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -22.561601 X +33.134
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.142
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020