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Question: Within the next five years, how likely is it that an accident at a nuclear power station will cause long-term environmental damage across many countries?
Choices: "Very likely" "Likely" "Unlikely" "Very unlikely"
Data: % of "Very likely"
Period:
Area:
6 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 28.9%
2 United Kingdom22.8%
3 Canada18.2%
4 United States17.2%
5 Germany13.0%
6 Sweden10.0%

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 = -5.230508 X +7.709
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.860
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.740

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -115515.175805 X +73803.535
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.555
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.308

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 9.473775 X +79.612
Correlation coefficient (r)0.226
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.051

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -1.674213 X +1.841
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.794
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.630

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -2.609892 X +11.247
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.062
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004