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Question: Do you agree that overall, modern science does more harm than good?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
29 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Mexico51.3%
2 Chile44.3%
3 Slovenia38.2%
4 Portugal33.0%
5 Turkiye31.2%
6 Austria26.9%
7 Slovakia23.6%
8 Spain22.8%
9 Latvia22.7%
10 Czech Republic22.1%
10 Switzerland22.1%
12 Republic of Korea22.0%
13 New Zealand20.6%
13 United Kingdom20.6%
15 Israel20.1%
16 France20.0%
17 Lithuania19.4%
18 Germany17.9%
19 United States14.7%
20 Finland 14.1%
21 Australia14.0%
22 Belgium13.8%
23 Denmark13.4%
24 Canada13.3%
25 Netherlands11.1%
26 Japan9.7%
27 Sweden8.9%
28 Iceland7.7%
29 Norway6.1%

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 = -2.593879 X +7.309
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.475
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.226
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -139625.249846 X +76638.431
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.655
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.429
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -11.299355 X +83.146
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.457
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.209
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 0.440705 X +1.444
Correlation coefficient (r)0.139
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.019
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -11.333517 X +12.877
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.287
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.082