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Question: How often do you make a special effort to sort glass or tins or plastic or newspapers and so on for recycling?
Choices: "Always" "Often" "Sometimes" "Never" "Recycling not available where I live"
Data: % of "Always"
Period:
Area:
22 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Austria81.2%
2 Germany74.2%
3 Switzerland69.5%
4 Japan 56.8%
5 Canada54.6%
6 Finland52.4%
7 Netherlands50.1%
8 Sweden49.6%
9 Denmark47.5%
10 New Zealand39.7%
11 Spain36.2%
12 Norway34.6%
13 United States32.5%
14 United Kingdom29.6%
15 Czech Republic27.9%
16 Ireland26.5%
17 Portugal22.8%
18 Slovenia19.5%
19 Mexico14.5%
20 Chile8.7%
21 Israel5.1%
22 Latvia1.3%

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 = 0.613548 X +6.626
Correlation coefficient (r)0.291
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.085

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 44501.560575 X +33432.726
Correlation coefficient (r)0.367
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.135

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 8.146574 X +77.500
Correlation coefficient (r)0.514
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.264

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -0.642472 X +1.875
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.412
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.170

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 1.429719 X +9.220
Correlation coefficient (r)0.103
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011