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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:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Russian Federation56.6%
2 Chile55.0%
3 Portugal54.6%
4 Mexico49.4%
5 Philippines47.1%
6 Bulgaria37.4%
7 Denmark35.4%
8 Germany34.0%
9 Spain32.7%
10 Latvia32.0%
11 Israel31.6%
12 Austria27.9%
12 Switzerland27.9%
14 Norway27.6%
15 Slovenia24.5%
16 Ireland23.3%
17 Czech Republic22.6%
18 United States22.3%
19 United Kingdom22.1%
20 New Zealand18.4%
21 Canada17.9%
22 Netherlands14.8%
23 Finland12.5%
24 Sweden12.3%
25 Japan 5.5%

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

No data for 213 countries.

Source
ISSP 2000

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -2.132406 X +7.364
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.523
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.274

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -97338.147913 X +74626.742
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.485
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.235

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -20.853914 X +85.546
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.610
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.372

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 0.496435 X +1.520
Correlation coefficient (r)0.177
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.031

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -5.446430 X +11.440
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.188
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035