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Question: Which problem, if any, affects you and your family the most?
Choices: "Air pollution" "Chemicals and pesticides" "Water shortage" "Water pollution" "Nuclear waste" "Domestic waste disposal" "Climate change" "Genetically modified foods" "Using up our natural resources" "None of these" ("Noises" for Republic of Korea)
Data: % of "Chemicals and pesticides"
Period:
Area:
36 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France24.4%
2 Denmark22.8%
3 Canada17.6%
4 New Zealand16.2%
4 Taiwan16.2%
6 Slovenia15.3%
7 Japan 14.1%
8 Lithuania13.9%
9 United States13.0%
10 Finland12.9%
11 Australia12.7%
12 Republic of Korea12.3%
13 Netherlands12.2%
14 Latvia11.8%
15 Croatia11.7%
15 Slovakia11.7%
17 Belgium10.3%
17 Bulgaria10.3%
19 Portugal10.1%
20 Sweden9.8%
21 Chile9.3%
22 Germany9.1%
23 Czech Republic8.8%
24 Turkiye8.7%
25 Spain8.5%
26 Iceland8.1%
27 Austria7.7%
28 Mexico7.5%
28 Switzerland7.5%
30 Argentina7.4%
31 Russian Federation7.0%
32 Norway6.3%
33 Israel5.9%
34 Philippines5.8%
35 United Kingdom4.9%
36 South Africa3.4%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 202 countries.

Source
ISSP 2010

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 3.317452 X +6.236
Correlation coefficient (r)0.237
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.056

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 81506.133129 X +30746.466
Correlation coefficient (r)0.151
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.023

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 41.925105 X +74.154
Correlation coefficient (r)0.360
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.130

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = -2.562523 X +1.949
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.299
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.089

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 7.826193 X +9.955
Correlation coefficient (r)0.071
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005