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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with each of these statements? - Modern science will solve our environmental problems with little change to our way of life
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
22 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Chile 55.0%
2 Portugal54.6%
3 Mexico49.4%
4 Denmark35.4%
5 Germany34.0%
6 Spain32.7%
7 Latvia32.0%
8 Israel31.6%
9 Austria27.9%
9 Switzerland27.9%
11 Norway27.6%
12 Slovenia24.5%
13 Ireland23.3%
14 Czech Republic22.6%
15 United States22.3%
16 United Kingdom22.1%
17 New Zealand18.4%
18 Canada17.9%
19 Netherlands14.8%
20 Finland12.5%
21 Sweden12.3%
22 Japan5.5%

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 = -1.340293 X +7.227
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.375
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.141

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -73222.749599 X +70432.003
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.356
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.127

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -11.921301 X +83.865
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.443
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.196

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 0.233830 X +1.567
Correlation coefficient (r)0.088
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -12.048883 X +13.072
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.513
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.263