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Question: In your opinion, how true is this? "If someone is exposed to any amount of radioactivity, they are certain to die as a result"
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 Germany 42.9%
2 Japan36.6%
3 Sweden36.1%
4 United Kingdom33.6%
5 Canada33.3%
6 United States30.2%

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 = -0.891444 X +7.066
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.093
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -177208.174035 X +115426.798
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.540
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.292

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 28.415271 X +71.277
Correlation coefficient (r)0.431
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.186

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -0.348931 X +1.657
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.105
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -29.517527 X +21.232
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.448
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.201