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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:
36 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Philippines53.2%
2 Mexico51.3%
3 South Africa45.6%
4 Chile44.3%
5 Slovenia38.2%
6 Argentina38.0%
7 Portugal33.0%
8 Turkiye31.2%
9 Bulgaria29.9%
10 Taiwan29.4%
11 Austria26.9%
12 Croatia26.8%
13 Russian Federation26.1%
14 Slovakia23.6%
15 Spain22.8%
16 Latvia22.7%
17 Czech Republic22.1%
17 Switzerland22.1%
19 Republic of Korea22.0%
20 New Zealand20.6%
20 United Kingdom20.6%
22 Israel20.1%
23 France20.0%
24 Lithuania19.4%
25 Germany17.9%
26 United States14.7%
27 Finland14.1%
28 Australia14.0%
29 Belgium13.8%
30 Denmark13.4%
31 Canada13.3%
32 Netherlands11.1%
33 Japan 9.7%
34 Sweden8.9%
35 Iceland7.7%
36 Norway6.1%

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 = -3.086879 X +7.333
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.575
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.331
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -153842.452462 X +76214.517
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.742
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.551
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = -29.733542 X +85.705
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.676
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.457
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 1.154821 X +1.399
Correlation coefficient (r)0.358
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.128
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = -6.757784 X +12.396
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.162
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.026