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Question: Do you think that the earth simply cannot continue to support population growth at its present rate?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
19 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Denmark77.5%
2 Finland74.6%
3 Germany71.7%
4 Mexico71.4%
4 Portugal71.4%
6 Spain70.0%
7 New Zealand65.9%
8 Japan 65.7%
9 Austria65.3%
10 United States65.0%
11 Switzerland64.4%
12 Norway64.3%
13 Slovenia61.4%
14 Netherlands58.9%
15 Canada55.5%
16 Chile52.3%
17 Ireland50.5%
18 Israel46.8%
19 Czech Republic45.4%

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

No data for 19 countries.

Source
ISSP 2000

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 0.219242 X +6.734
Correlation coefficient (r)0.044
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -17091.474033 X +62535.729
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.057
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -0.925143 X +81.415
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.026
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -1.954579 X +2.868
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.492
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.242

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 1.798005 X +8.312
Correlation coefficient (r)0.060
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004