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Question: Do you think that there is no point in doing what I can for the environment unless others do the same?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
22 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 62.1%
2 Portugal61.2%
3 Spain50.0%
4 Mexico47.9%
5 Slovenia46.7%
6 Chile46.6%
7 Ireland46.4%
8 United Kingdom44.8%
9 Israel37.1%
10 Czech Republic36.2%
11 Austria34.7%
12 Germany33.7%
13 Latvia32.3%
14 Denmark30.1%
15 Switzerland28.7%
16 New Zealand27.3%
17 United States27.1%
18 Netherlands26.0%
19 Norway25.7%
20 Canada23.1%
21 Sweden21.7%
22 Finland14.8%

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

No data for 16 countries.

Source
ISSP 2000

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -2.865022 X +7.907
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.781
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.610

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -90898.267871 X +84987.449
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.455
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.207

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 0.836873 X +80.717
Correlation coefficient (r)0.041
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -0.000073 X +1.555
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.000
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -9.033609 X +13.064
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.375
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.141