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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with each of these statements? - Modern science will solve our environmental problems with little change to our way of life
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Bulgaria55.3%
2 Philippines53.3%
3 Russian Federation42.7%
4 Poland40.2%
5 Spain40.1%
6 Israel38.9%
7 Germany35.3%
8 Italy28.9%
9 Ireland26.2%
10 Czech Republic20.6%
10 Slovenia20.6%
12 Norway20.4%
13 United Kingdom20.3%
13 United States20.3%
15 Hungary16.6%
16 Australia15.4%
17 Canada14.6%
18 New Zealand13.9%
19 Netherlands12.2%
20 Japan 8.8%

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

No data for 218 countries.

Source
ISSP 1993

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -2.011152 X +7.153
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.529
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.280

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -93217.439807 X +69465.609
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.461
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.213

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -21.877094 X +85.172
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.627
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.393

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 1.062311 X +1.381
Correlation coefficient (r)0.330
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.109

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -10.079056 X +12.334
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.330
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.109