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Question: How often do you make a special effort to sort glass or tins or plastic or newspapers and so on for recycling?
Choices: "Always" "Often" "Sometimes" "Never" "Recycling not available where I live"
Data: % of "Always"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France87.3%
2 Italy82.5%
3 Germany81.6%
4 Australia79.3%
5 Sweden 76.7%
6 Japan66.9%
7 United States59.2%
8 Republic of Korea46.9%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2020

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.498541 X +5.525
Correlation coefficient (r)0.453
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.205

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 2538.809316 X +46759.094
Correlation coefficient (r)0.022
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 3.027488 X +79.891
Correlation coefficient (r)0.164
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.643848 X +0.282
Correlation coefficient (r)0.677
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.458

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -31.450742 X +34.540
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.883
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.780