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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with each of these statements? - People worry too much about human progress harming the environment
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
17 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Hungary65.1%
2 Slovenia48.8%
3 Israel43.0%
4 Ireland41.9%
5 Poland40.0%
6 Spain38.0%
7 Italy35.7%
8 Czech Republic35.6%
9 United Kingdom33.2%
10 United States32.9%
11 Netherlands31.7%
12 Germany29.7%
13 New Zealand28.4%
14 Australia27.7%
15 Japan 26.9%
16 Norway25.9%
17 Canada21.2%

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 = -1.564665 X +7.311
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.403
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.162

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -98004.633617 X +84833.710
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.389
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.151

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -16.408042 X +86.676
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.568
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.323

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 0.789608 X +1.342
Correlation coefficient (r)0.206
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.042

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 1.158168 X +9.067
Correlation coefficient (r)0.041
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002