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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with each of these statements? - In order to protect the environment, the country needs economic growth
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Czech Republic82.6%
2 Bulgaria81.7%
3 Poland81.3%
4 Philippines73.9%
5 Hungary71.0%
6 Slovenia69.4%
7 Russian Federation67.0%
8 Ireland65.7%
9 Israel61.1%
10 Spain60.0%
11 Japan 53.8%
12 United States51.0%
13 United Kingdom47.7%
14 Italy47.0%
15 Germany46.3%
16 Norway45.8%
17 Canada44.7%
18 Australia38.6%
19 New Zealand38.3%
20 Netherlands30.4%

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

No data for 218 countries.

Source
ISSP 1993

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -1.951119 X +7.734
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.584
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.341

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -97140.827385 X +100293.040
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.546
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.298

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -19.797310 X +90.671
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.645
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.416

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 0.555077 X +1.349
Correlation coefficient (r)0.196
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.038

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -0.675203 X +9.980
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.025
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001