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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with each of these statements? - We worry too much about the future of the environment and not enough about prices and jobs today
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
22 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Portugal57.7%
2 Chile55.3%
3 Slovenia50.2%
4 Latvia47.0%
5 Mexico42.7%
6 Czech Republic41.3%
7 United States38.3%
8 Israel38.2%
9 United Kingdom36.9%
10 Finland36.2%
11 Spain35.9%
12 Germany35.8%
13 Austria 35.4%
14 Canada32.6%
15 New Zealand32.4%
16 Switzerland31.1%
17 Netherlands30.1%
18 Ireland28.3%
19 Denmark27.2%
20 Norway26.4%
21 Japan21.2%
22 Sweden19.1%

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 = -2.322823 X +7.703
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.497
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.247

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -164352.595448 X +110031.332
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.612
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.375

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -17.840717 X +87.073
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.508
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.258

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 0.121528 X +1.587
Correlation coefficient (r)0.035
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -2.404516 X +10.636
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.078
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006