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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with each of these statements? - Economic growth always harm the environment
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
22 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Portugal63.5%
2 Mexico60.0%
3 Chile52.6%
4 Japan48.7%
5 Switzerland39.9%
6 Slovenia37.9%
7 Israel32.9%
8 Finland32.4%
9 Germany29.7%
10 Austria 28.4%
11 Netherlands27.7%
12 Spain27.5%
13 Denmark26.5%
14 Latvia23.9%
15 Czech Republic22.9%
16 Ireland22.7%
17 Canada19.7%
18 United States19.3%
19 United Kingdom18.3%
20 Sweden16.7%
21 New Zealand15.4%
22 Norway14.6%

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

No data for 16 countries.

Source
ISSP 2000

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -1.589758 X +7.351
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.485
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.235

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -97943.010517 X +80645.763
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.520
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.270

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -5.934919 X +82.429
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.241
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.058

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -0.140378 X +1.674
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.058
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -6.238219 X +11.694
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.290
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.084