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Question: In general, do you think that modifying the genes of certain crops is for the environment...
Choices: "extremely dangerous" "very dangerous" "somewhat dangerous" "not very dangerous" "not dangerous at all"
Data: % of "extremely dangerous" "very dangerous"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Portugal77.3%
2 Austria73.9%
3 Chile71.8%
4 Philippines66.7%
5 Spain58.8%
6 Russian Federation58.7%
7 Switzerland55.8%
8 Germany55.1%
9 Japan 53.6%
10 Ireland48.6%
11 Sweden47.8%
12 Mexico47.2%
13 United Kingdom44.8%
14 Bulgaria44.2%
15 Slovenia43.2%
16 Czech Republic43.0%
17 New Zealand40.7%
18 Denmark39.4%
19 Finland37.9%
20 Canada33.7%
21 Norway33.1%
22 Israel29.0%
23 United States26.4%
24 Netherlands24.8%

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

No data for 214 countries.

Source
ISSP 2000

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -2.115206 X +7.767
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.538
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.289

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -84665.397301 X +87352.986
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.437
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.191

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -5.417749 X +82.188
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.168
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.028

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -0.491054 X +1.909
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.179
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.032

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -3.712915 X +11.344
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.138
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.019