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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:
29 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Denmark97.5%
2 Belgium96.1%
3 Canada95.4%
4 Japan 94.9%
4 Sweden94.9%
6 France94.8%
7 Netherlands94.4%
8 Spain93.7%
9 Iceland92.8%
10 Finland92.2%
11 Slovenia91.9%
12 Israel91.4%
13 Portugal90.9%
14 Norway90.3%
14 Switzerland90.3%
16 Germany90.2%
17 Lithuania89.6%
18 Slovakia89.2%
19 Australia88.0%
19 Chile88.0%
19 New Zealand88.0%
22 United States87.4%
23 Czech Republic87.3%
24 United Kingdom86.4%
25 Austria84.5%
26 Mexico81.9%
27 Latvia80.8%
28 Republic of Korea79.7%
29 Turkiye74.7%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 9 countries.

Source
ISSP 2010

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 7.561498 X +0.026
Correlation coefficient (r)0.603
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.364

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 188341.612321 X -123519.357
Correlation coefficient (r)0.460
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.212

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 23.734040 X +59.448
Correlation coefficient (r)0.477
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.228

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -0.322657 X +1.889
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.051
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 2.975114 X +10.591
Correlation coefficient (r)0.028
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001