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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with each of these statements? - It is right to use animals for medical testing if it might save human lives
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Russian Federation85.5%
2 Bulgaria80.2%
3 Spain76.2%
4 Mexico71.0%
5 Portugal70.0%
6 Slovenia69.5%
7 Canada68.8%
8 Latvia68.5%
9 Czech Republic65.8%
10 Denmark65.0%
11 Norway64.7%
12 Philippines64.2%
13 Germany64.0%
14 Sweden63.7%
15 Austria62.3%
16 Israel60.2%
17 Finland59.4%
18 Switzerland58.3%
19 Ireland57.8%
20 United States56.6%
21 New Zealand55.4%
22 Netherlands54.7%
23 United Kingdom51.2%
24 Chile41.4%
25 Japan 30.8%

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

No data for 213 countries.

Source
ISSP 2000

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -1.196249 X +7.477
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.238
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.057

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -59118.089745 X +82617.054
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.238
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.057

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -20.065176 X +91.890
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.475
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.226

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 0.031276 X +1.648
Correlation coefficient (r)0.009
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 3.712080 X +7.492
Correlation coefficient (r)0.104
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011