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Question: In your opinion, how true is this? "Human beings developed from earlier species of animals"
Choices: "Definately true" "Probably true" "Probably not true" "Definately note true"
Data: % of "Definately true" "Probably true"
Period:
Area:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 91.4%
2 Germany85.3%
3 Czech Republic82.7%
4 United Kingdom81.2%
5 Bulgaria78.4%
6 Spain77.1%
7 Slovenia74.0%
8 Norway73.8%
9 Canada73.5%
10 Italy70.4%
10 New Zealand70.4%
12 Hungary69.6%
13 Australia68.2%
14 Netherlands66.7%
15 Ireland65.1%
15 Russian Federation65.1%
17 Israel64.2%
18 Philippines60.4%
19 Poland50.2%
20 United States48.1%

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 = -0.481392 X +6.946
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.098
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -26876.291644 X +63108.227
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.103
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 16.559667 X +67.492
Correlation coefficient (r)0.369
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.136

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -1.123903 X +2.466
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.271
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.073

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -4.524538 X +12.792
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.115
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013