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Question: Do you agree that many of the claims about environmental threats are exaggerated?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Portugal50.7%
2 Philippines49.4%
3 Mexico46.4%
4 Chile36.4%
5 Czech Republic36.2%
6 Norway32.9%
7 Bulgaria32.3%
8 Spain31.4%
9 Israel30.1%
10 Austria29.8%
11 Switzerland29.4%
12 Germany28.7%
13 Slovenia28.6%
14 Ireland28.5%
15 Netherlands28.3%
16 United States28.2%
17 Denmark27.0%
18 Canada26.5%
18 New Zealand26.5%
20 United Kingdom25.7%
21 Japan 22.5%
22 Russian Federation22.3%
23 Sweden20.5%
24 Finland18.9%

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 = -2.757719 X +7.596
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.394
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.155

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -140769.947655 X +89829.961
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.408
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.166

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -25.672807 X +87.465
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.446
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.199

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 1.581586 X +1.186
Correlation coefficient (r)0.324
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.105

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -29.677253 X +18.672
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.619
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.383