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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:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Czech Republic80.8%
2 Bulgaria80.1%
3 Portugal80.0%
4 Latvia78.8%
5 Chile78.6%
6 Russian Federation78.4%
7 Philippines72.9%
8 Mexico71.6%
9 Israel71.4%
10 Slovenia68.6%
11 Spain62.3%
12 Germany57.3%
13 Japan 55.3%
14 Sweden53.2%
15 New Zealand52.3%
16 Ireland51.0%
17 Austria49.5%
18 United States47.9%
19 United Kingdom45.7%
20 Denmark43.7%
21 Canada41.7%
22 Netherlands41.3%
23 Norway36.4%
24 Switzerland33.6%
25 Finland25.4%

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

No data for 213 countries.

Source
ISSP 2000

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -2.441252 X +8.152
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.719
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.517

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -127703.173267 X +120070.674
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.763
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.582

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -17.404067 X +89.477
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.611
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.373

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 0.611290 X +1.312
Correlation coefficient (r)0.262
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.069

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -1.929043 X +10.941
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.080
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006