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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with each of these statements? - Overall, modern science does more harm than good
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Bulgaria46.0%
2 Philippines40.7%
3 Ireland38.3%
4 Italy32.3%
5 Spain30.1%
6 Slovenia28.7%
7 Germany26.9%
8 Czech Republic26.7%
9 United Kingdom26.4%
10 Hungary26.3%
11 Japan 25.0%
12 Australia21.6%
13 Russian Federation20.7%
14 Israel20.1%
15 Poland19.4%
16 Canada18.9%
17 New Zealand18.6%
18 United States17.1%
19 Netherlands14.0%
20 Norway11.2%

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 = -3.712701 X +7.550
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.628
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.394
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -128786.882625 X +76858.762
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.409
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.167
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -19.648413 X +84.216
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.362
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.131
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 0.662565 X +1.502
Correlation coefficient (r)0.132
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -21.011620 X +14.937
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.443
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.196