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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:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Canada60.7%
2 Italy25.9%
3 United Kingdom19.7%
4 Japan15.4%
5 United States14.8%
6 Germany14.0%
6 Sweden14.0%
8 France 12.9%
9 Australia11.8%

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 1 countries.
Source
ISSP 1998

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 0.118262 X +6.696
Correlation coefficient (r)0.049
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -2818.354234 X +51357.814
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.031
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 1.889398 X +81.436
Correlation coefficient (r)0.123
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -0.532737 X +1.665
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.430
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.185
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -3.327183 X +10.682
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.165
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027