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Question: How willing would you be to accept cuts in your standard of living in order to protect the environment?
Choices: "Very willing" "Fairly willing" "Neither willing nor unwilling" "Fairly unwilling" "Very unwilling"
Data: % of "Very willing" "Fairly willing"
Period:
Area:
22 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Switzerland57.2%
2 Austria 50.6%
3 Mexico47.7%
4 Sweden44.8%
5 Finland42.3%
6 Japan40.8%
7 Netherlands39.6%
8 Germany37.3%
8 Norway37.3%
10 Ireland35.3%
11 Slovenia33.8%
12 New Zealand33.0%
13 Denmark32.8%
14 Canada31.9%
15 Spain30.9%
16 Israel30.8%
17 United States29.4%
18 Chile27.6%
19 United Kingdom26.3%
20 Czech Republic21.0%
21 Portugal16.8%
22 Latvia5.8%

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

No data for 16 countries.

Source
ISSP 2000

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 1.831247 X +6.232
Correlation coefficient (r)0.448
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.201

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 91413.662486 X +19030.642
Correlation coefficient (r)0.389
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.151

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 10.134577 X +77.122
Correlation coefficient (r)0.329
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.108

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -0.162718 X +1.687
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.054
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -2.677939 X +10.679
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.100
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010