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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:
36 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 South Africa58.4%
2 Philippines54.8%
3 Turkiye45.6%
4 Russian Federation44.0%
4 Taiwan44.0%
6 Portugal39.1%
7 Mexico38.1%
8 Argentina37.7%
9 Denmark37.2%
10 Spain33.4%
11 Israel31.9%
12 Austria31.3%
13 Lithuania31.1%
14 Germany28.9%
15 Bulgaria28.3%
16 Norway26.9%
17 Chile25.1%
18 Croatia24.7%
19 United Kingdom24.5%
20 United States24.4%
21 Latvia23.3%
22 Republic of Korea22.6%
23 Australia21.4%
24 Iceland20.1%
25 Czech Republic19.6%
26 New Zealand19.4%
27 France18.8%
28 Netherlands18.3%
29 Belgium15.6%
29 Slovenia15.6%
31 Switzerland14.3%
32 Slovakia13.7%
33 Canada13.6%
34 Finland12.1%
35 Sweden8.8%
36 Japan 6.2%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 202 countries.

Source
ISSP 2010

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -2.576035 X +7.296
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.500
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.250

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -92697.013708 X +64742.821
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.465
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.216

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = -29.613594 X +86.553
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.684
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.468

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 1.448288 X +1.287
Correlation coefficient (r)0.455
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.207

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = -3.250534 X +11.665
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.079
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006