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Question: Which one of the following would be closest to your views?
Choices: "A. Government should let ordinary people 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 ordinary people protect the environment, even if it interferes with people's rights to make their own decisions"
Data: % of B
Period:
Area:
22 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Denmark89.2%
2 Israel88.0%
3 Spain87.2%
4 Japan 85.1%
5 Germany85.0%
6 Chile84.4%
7 Mexico82.9%
8 Portugal82.4%
8 Sweden82.4%
10 Austria81.7%
11 Ireland81.5%
12 Switzerland80.0%
13 Canada79.6%
14 Slovenia79.0%
15 Norway78.2%
16 Czech Republic76.8%
17 New Zealand70.1%
18 Netherlands68.9%
19 United States66.1%
20 Finland65.6%
21 United Kingdom64.8%
22 Latvia55.2%

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 = -0.427568 X +7.262
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.070
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 7908.403197 X +43402.594
Correlation coefficient (r)0.029
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 11.515925 X +71.946
Correlation coefficient (r)0.428
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.183

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 0.774961 X +1.006
Correlation coefficient (r)0.207
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.043

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -19.890974 X +27.693
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.451
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.203