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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:
29 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Denmark87.3%
2 Japan 87.0%
3 Spain85.9%
4 Israel85.7%
5 Chile83.8%
6 Portugal80.8%
7 Sweden80.3%
8 Slovakia80.1%
8 Slovenia80.1%
10 Germany79.6%
11 France78.1%
12 Canada77.8%
13 Switzerland77.4%
14 Lithuania74.5%
15 Austria74.0%
16 Norway73.9%
17 Turkiye72.9%
18 Mexico69.8%
19 Belgium69.3%
20 Czech Republic68.2%
21 New Zealand66.5%
22 Republic of Korea63.4%
23 Australia63.3%
24 United States62.7%
25 Netherlands61.9%
26 Iceland61.8%
27 Finland58.1%
28 Latvia57.9%
29 United Kingdom57.7%

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 = -0.969752 X +7.506
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.136
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -24120.749431 X +62788.229
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.104
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 5.660953 X +76.565
Correlation coefficient (r)0.201
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.040

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 0.628667 X +1.140
Correlation coefficient (r)0.175
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.031

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -13.631817 X +23.220
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.228
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.052