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Question: How willing would you be to pay much higher taxes in order to protect the environment?
Choices: "Very willing" "Fairly willing" "Neither willing nor unwilling" "Fairly unwilling" "Very unwilling"
Data: % of "Very willing" "Fairly willing"
Period:
Area:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Netherlands47.2%
2 Japan 37.2%
3 Mexico34.7%
4 Ireland34.3%
5 Switzerland33.5%
6 Slovenia32.3%
7 United Kingdom32.2%
8 United States31.6%
9 New Zealand31.1%
10 Russian Federation29.9%
11 Israel29.3%
12 Chile29.1%
13 Philippines27.5%
14 Denmark27.1%
15 Canada24.1%
16 Norway22.8%
17 Spain22.2%
18 Sweden19.5%
19 Austria19.2%
20 Germany18.2%
21 Czech Republic17.2%
21 Latvia17.2%
23 Portugal17.1%
24 Bulgaria16.5%
25 Finland12.0%

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

No data for 213 countries.

Source
ISSP 2000

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 0.506666 X +6.594
Correlation coefficient (r)0.073
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 61483.686448 X +29298.926
Correlation coefficient (r)0.181
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.033

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 3.875291 X +78.300
Correlation coefficient (r)0.067
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 0.597108 X +1.510
Correlation coefficient (r)0.126
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -1.425529 X +10.194
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.029
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001