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Question: Do you agree that many of the claims about environmental threats are exaggerated?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
21 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Portugal50.7%
2 Mexico46.4%
3 Chile 36.4%
4 Czech Republic36.2%
5 Norway32.9%
6 Spain31.4%
7 Israel30.1%
8 Austria29.8%
9 Switzerland29.4%
10 Germany28.7%
11 Slovenia28.6%
12 Ireland28.5%
13 Netherlands28.3%
14 United States28.2%
15 Denmark27.0%
16 Canada26.5%
16 New Zealand26.5%
18 United Kingdom25.7%
19 Japan22.5%
20 Sweden20.5%
21 Finland18.9%

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

No data for 17 countries.

Source
ISSP 2000

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -3.039186 X +7.805
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.503
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.253

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -136278.717428 X +92761.373
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.385
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.148

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -23.432811 X +88.004
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.556
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.309

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 0.226146 X +1.566
Correlation coefficient (r)0.048
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -19.967270 X +15.483
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.541
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.293