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Question: Do you agree that 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:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Canada60.7%
2 Philippines39.9%
3 Chile37.4%
4 Portugal34.8%
5 Italy25.9%
6 Spain24.2%
7 Denmark23.7%
8 Ireland23.2%
9 Austria22.2%
10 Israel21.2%
11 Slovenia20.7%
12 United Kingdom19.7%
13 Cyprus19.1%
14 Poland18.9%
15 Slovakia18.5%
16 Czech Republic17.8%
17 New Zealand17.7%
18 Switzerland16.6%
19 Latvia15.6%
20 Japan 15.4%
21 Hungary15.2%
22 Bulgaria15.1%
23 United States14.8%
24 Germany14.0%
24 Sweden14.0%
26 France12.9%
27 Australia11.8%
28 Netherlands11.5%
28 Russian Federation11.5%
30 Norway8.3%

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

No data for 208 countries.
Source
ISSP 1998

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -0.449155 X +6.712
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.091
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -50159.135622 X +54028.243
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.200
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.040
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 0.500783 X +79.413
Correlation coefficient (r)0.012
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 0.291037 X +1.576
Correlation coefficient (r)0.082
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -12.654588 X +12.141
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.343
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.118