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Question: In your opinion, how true is this? "Human beings developed from earlier species of animals"
Choices: "Definately true" "Probably true" ("True" only for Chile) "Probably not true" "Definately note true"
Data: % of "Definately true" "Probably true" ("True" only for Chile)
Period:
Area:
6 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan90.1%
2 Germany 87.9%
3 Sweden86.4%
4 United Kingdom78.2%
5 Canada67.1%
6 United States46.2%

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

No data for 4 countries.

Source
ISSP 2000

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -0.317636 X +6.991
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.130
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -71634.091232 X +107036.470
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.854
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.729

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 13.713616 X +70.930
Correlation coefficient (r)0.813
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.661

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -0.289277 X +1.753
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.340
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.116

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -7.641908 X +16.575
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.454
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.206