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Question: Within the next five years, how likely is it that an accident at a nuclear power station will cause long-term environmental damage across many countries?
Choices: "Very likely" "Likely" "Unlikely" "Very unlikely"
Data: % of "Very likely"
Period:
Area:
21 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Chile41.9%
1 Mexico41.9%
3 New Zealand32.9%
4 Japan28.9%
5 Portugal25.9%
6 Ireland23.4%
7 United Kingdom22.8%
8 Austria21.5%
9 Canada18.2%
10 United States17.2%
11 Israel16.7%
12 Finland16.4%
13 Switzerland14.6%
14 Denmark13.9%
15 Norway13.4%
16 Germany13.0%
17 Slovenia 12.9%
18 Czech Republic12.5%
19 Spain10.0%
19 Sweden10.0%
21 Netherlands8.7%

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

No data for 17 countries.

Source
ISSP 2000

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -2.191090 X +7.324
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.471
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.222

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -114358.555662 X +75814.243
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.445
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.198

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -8.540839 X +83.023
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.381
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.145

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 0.370954 X +1.485
Correlation coefficient (r)0.105
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -6.689344 X +10.790
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.235
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.055