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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 Republic of Korea22.0%
2 United Kingdom20.6%
3 France 20.0%
4 Germany17.9%
5 United States14.7%
6 Australia14.0%
7 Canada13.3%
8 Japan9.7%
9 Sweden8.9%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2010

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -3.245585 X +7.200
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.365
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.133

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -99120.211894 X +66119.958
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.329
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.108

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -10.383545 X +83.539
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.203
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.041

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -1.534305 X +1.745
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.240
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.058

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 7.306488 X +10.707
Correlation coefficient (r)0.083
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007