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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with each of these statements? - In order to protect the environment, the country needs economic growth
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
22 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Czech Republic80.8%
2 Portugal80.0%
3 Latvia78.8%
4 Chile78.6%
5 Mexico71.6%
6 Israel71.4%
7 Slovenia68.6%
8 Spain62.3%
9 Germany57.3%
10 Japan55.3%
11 Sweden53.2%
12 New Zealand52.3%
13 Ireland51.0%
14 Austria49.5%
15 United States47.9%
16 United Kingdom45.7%
17 Denmark43.7%
18 Canada41.7%
19 Netherlands41.3%
20 Norway36.4%
21 Switzerland33.6%
22 Finland 25.4%

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 = -1.835400 X +7.882
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.645
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.416

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -117002.234114 X +115542.473
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.715
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.511

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -10.699991 X +86.556
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.499
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.249

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 0.524354 X +1.339
Correlation coefficient (r)0.249
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.062

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -3.462553 X +11.692
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.185
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.034