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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:
17 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Czech Republic82.6%
2 Poland81.3%
3 Hungary71.0%
4 Slovenia69.4%
5 Ireland65.7%
6 Israel61.1%
7 Spain60.0%
8 Japan 53.8%
9 United States51.0%
10 United Kingdom47.7%
11 Italy47.0%
12 Germany46.3%
13 Norway45.8%
14 Canada44.7%
15 Australia38.6%
16 New Zealand38.3%
17 Netherlands30.4%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 21 countries.

Source
ISSP 1993

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -1.116911 X +7.368
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.420
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.176

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -72584.997331 X +89824.175
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.420
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.176

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -11.469014 X +87.135
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.578
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.334

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 0.280752 X +1.469
Correlation coefficient (r)0.107
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 1.092420 X +8.879
Correlation coefficient (r)0.057
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003