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Question: Do you think that the earth simply cannot continue to support population growth at its present rate?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Denmark77.5%
2 Finland74.6%
3 Germany71.7%
4 Mexico71.4%
4 Portugal71.4%
6 Spain70.0%
7 New Zealand65.9%
8 Japan 65.7%
9 Austria65.3%
10 United States65.0%
11 Syrian Arab Republic64.7%
12 Switzerland64.4%
13 Norway64.3%
14 Slovenia61.4%
15 Netherlands58.9%
16 Canada55.5%
17 Uruguay55.4%
18 Chile52.3%
19 Ireland50.5%
20 Philippines48.5%
21 Israel46.8%
22 Czech Republic45.4%
23 Bulgaria33.2%
24 Russian Federation28.9%

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 data23
Regression equation
Y = 2.335340 X +5.332
Correlation coefficient (r)0.519
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.269

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = 69222.352604 X +4014.918
Correlation coefficient (r)0.300
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.090

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 19.102981 X +67.524
Correlation coefficient (r)0.483
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.233

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -0.847775 X +2.219
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.231
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.053

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -7.443515 X +14.058
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.203
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.041