In 2000, respondents in several European countries were asked whether they chose to avoid driving a car for environmental reasons. Their responses are listed below. (Frequencies are shown below.)

a. Is there a relationship between a respondents country of residence and whether or not he or she abstains from driving a car for environmental reasons?
b. Approximately 27% of Austrian respondents and 26% of Dutch respondents say that they always or often avoid driving a car for environmental reasons, whereas for Irish respondents, this figure is only 9%. Provide some sociological insight as to why these figures are so different.

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Avoid Driving Car for Environmental Reasons Country Great Britain Spain Austria Ireland Netherlands Norway Always Often Sometimes Never 15 51 122 413 601 40 165 297 268 19 71 225 655 970 47 287 541 411 1,286 53 206 507 515 1281 260 343 732 Total