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Question: Would you like to see more or less government spending in the environment? Remember that if you say "much more", it might require a tax increase to pay for it.
Choices: "Spend much more" "Spend more" "Spend the same as now" "Spend less" "Spend much less"
Data: % of "Spend much more" "Spend more"
Period:
Area:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea63.3%
2 Chile63.2%
3 Turkiye62.6%
4 Slovenia61.2%
5 Germany59.6%
6 Hungary59.5%
7 Israel57.7%
8 Slovakia57.5%
9 Iceland56.8%
10 Spain55.7%
11 Belgium53.2%
12 Switzerland52.1%
13 New Zealand48.5%
14 United States47.8%
15 Japan 47.2%
16 Australia47.1%
17 Sweden46.3%
18 Denmark45.9%
19 United Kingdom41.6%
20 Norway40.9%
21 France40.8%
22 Finland37.2%
23 Czech Republic36.2%
24 Lithuania31.9%
25 Latvia31.1%

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 = -2.272848 X +7.910
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.326
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.106

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -39495.863479 X +64886.240
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.174
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.030

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 5.288297 X +77.991
Correlation coefficient (r)0.186
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 0.280126 X +1.464
Correlation coefficient (r)0.080
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -12.880842 X +20.254
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.219
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.048