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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with each of these statements? - Overall, modern science does more harm than good
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
22 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Portugal53.8%
2 Chile50.1%
3 Mexico44.8%
4 Slovenia28.7%
5 Israel26.1%
6 Austria23.9%
7 Switzerland22.9%
8 United Kingdom22.5%
9 Czech Republic22.0%
10 Ireland21.8%
10 Latvia21.8%
10 Spain21.8%
13 United States20.2%
14 Japan19.0%
15 Canada18.2%
15 Denmark18.2%
17 New Zealand17.6%
18 Germany14.7%
19 Netherlands10.9%
19 Sweden10.9%
21 Norway10.1%
22 Finland 7.7%

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 = -2.322595 X +7.395
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.606
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.367

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -119351.232579 X +77862.055
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.542
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.294

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -11.932590 X +83.345
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.414
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.171

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 0.127234 X +1.602
Correlation coefficient (r)0.045
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -9.828028 X +12.030
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.391
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.153