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Question: Do you agree that 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:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Mexico39.4%
2 Chile36.5%
3 Slovenia25.7%
4 Portugal25.3%
5 Republic of Korea24.5%
5 Turkiye24.5%
7 Italy20.7%
8 Ireland19.6%
9 Spain18.8%
10 United Kingdom18.7%
11 Israel17.4%
12 Hungary17.3%
13 Slovakia16.1%
14 Switzerland15.9%
15 Austria14.3%
15 New Zealand14.3%
17 Latvia14.0%
18 United States13.4%
19 Australia13.3%
20 Germany13.2%
21 Czech Republic13.1%
22 Finland 12.7%
23 Denmark11.7%
24 Poland11.3%
25 France10.7%
26 Japan10.4%
27 Netherlands8.9%
28 Belgium8.7%
29 Sweden8.2%
30 Norway6.3%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. Italy: unweighted sum of 2008 and 2010 surveys. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 8 countries.

Source
ISSP 2008

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -3.177092 X +7.223
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.431
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.186

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -163541.231996 X +72333.956
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.491
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.241

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -17.855589 X +83.172
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.377
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.142

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -0.111926 X +1.622
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.025
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -13.503699 X +12.188
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.271
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.073