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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with each of these statements? - Poorer countries should be expected to make less effort than richer countries to protect the environment
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Bulgaria77.6%
2 Spain73.9%
3 Israel70.0%
4 Slovenia69.6%
5 Russian Federation65.7%
6 Portugal60.6%
7 Sweden54.7%
8 Philippines51.1%
9 Finland48.5%
10 Denmark46.8%
11 Chile45.4%
12 Netherlands42.3%
13 Norway42.1%
14 Czech Republic41.0%
15 Mexico39.3%
16 Austria37.6%
17 Germany35.6%
18 Switzerland31.5%
19 Ireland31.1%
20 United Kingdom22.2%
21 Canada21.9%
22 Japan 21.0%
23 United States18.3%
24 New Zealand15.6%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 214 countries.

Source
ISSP 2000

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -0.847873 X +7.124
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.271
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.073

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -66292.761347 X +77245.593
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.444
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.197

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -5.184111 X +82.589
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.273
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.075

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 0.495019 X +1.391
Correlation coefficient (r)0.226
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.051

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -2.044569 X +10.462
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.095
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009