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Question: In your opinion, how true is this? "Human beings developed from earlier species of animals"
Choices: "Definately true" "Probably true" ("True" only for Chile) "Probably not true" "Definately note true"
Data: % of "Definately true" "Probably true" ("True" only for Chile)
Period:
Area:
22 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan90.1%
2 Denmark89.1%
3 Germany87.9%
4 Sweden86.4%
5 Austria83.6%
6 Portugal83.1%
7 Switzerland82.8%
8 United Kingdom78.2%
9 Czech Republic76.8%
9 Norway76.8%
11 Slovenia75.9%
12 Finland75.6%
13 Spain73.5%
14 Ireland71.3%
15 Chile 69.9%
16 Netherlands69.1%
17 Canada67.1%
17 New Zealand67.1%
19 Mexico60.4%
20 Israel53.9%
21 Latvia50.1%
22 United States46.2%

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 = 0.272916 X +6.659
Correlation coefficient (r)0.073
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 19449.733289 X +36042.057
Correlation coefficient (r)0.090
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 16.273517 X +68.645
Correlation coefficient (r)0.576
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.332

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -1.153407 X +2.478
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.415
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.172

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -3.705143 X +12.482
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.150
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022