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Question: How often do you make a special effort to sort glass or tins or plastic or newspapers and so on for recycling?
Choices: "Always" "Often" "Sometimes" "Never" "Recycling not available where I live"
Data: % of "Always"
Period:
Area:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Austria81.2%
2 Germany74.2%
3 Switzerland69.5%
4 Japan 56.8%
5 Canada54.6%
6 Finland52.4%
7 Netherlands50.1%
8 Sweden49.6%
9 Denmark47.5%
10 New Zealand39.7%
11 Spain36.2%
12 Norway34.6%
13 United States32.5%
14 United Kingdom29.6%
15 Czech Republic27.9%
16 Ireland26.5%
17 Portugal22.8%
18 Slovenia19.5%
19 Mexico14.5%
20 Philippines11.2%
21 Chile8.7%
22 Israel5.1%
23 Bulgaria3.2%
24 Russian Federation2.2%
25 Latvia1.3%

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 = 1.219264 X +6.313
Correlation coefficient (r)0.496
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.246

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 60252.929321 X +25084.662
Correlation coefficient (r)0.497
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.247

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 13.277195 X +74.806
Correlation coefficient (r)0.644
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.415

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -0.653170 X +1.890
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.386
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.149

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 0.259475 X +9.728
Correlation coefficient (r)0.015
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000