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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with each of these statements? - It is right to use animals for medical testing if it might save human lives
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
6 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Canada68.8%
2 Germany64.0%
3 Sweden63.7%
4 United States 56.6%
5 United Kingdom51.2%
6 Japan30.8%

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 = 2.498654 X +5.354
Correlation coefficient (r)0.832
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.692

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 58067.159561 X +20175.991
Correlation coefficient (r)0.565
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.319

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -5.301792 X +84.311
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.256
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.066

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 0.627330 X +1.183
Correlation coefficient (r)0.602
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.362

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -3.100530 X +12.500
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.150
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022