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Question: Do you think it is just too difficult for someone like you to do much about the environment?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Bulgaria76.3%
2 Poland58.4%
3 Czech Republic56.7%
4 Russian Federation53.6%
5 Hungary52.0%
6 Ireland47.1%
7 Slovenia44.2%
8 Israel42.4%
9 Spain41.2%
10 United Kingdom37.0%
11 Philippines36.9%
12 Germany34.4%
13 Japan 28.9%
14 United States25.7%
15 Italy21.2%
16 Australia21.1%
17 Netherlands20.3%
18 New Zealand19.9%
19 Norway18.6%
20 Canada12.1%

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 = -1.865323 X +7.303
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.594
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.353

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -86448.616222 X +76414.282
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.517
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.267

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -17.949460 X +85.928
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.623
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.388

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 0.235466 X +1.582
Correlation coefficient (r)0.088
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 0.698730 X +9.328
Correlation coefficient (r)0.028
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001