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Question: In your opinion, how true is this? "If someone is exposed to any amount of radioactivity, they are certain to die as a result"
Choices: "Definately true" "Probably true" ("True" only for Chile) "Probably not true" "Definately note true"
Data: % of "Definately true" "Probably true" ("True" only for Chile)
Period:
Area:
22 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Chile87.6%
2 Portugal82.4%
3 Mexico78.1%
4 Israel67.1%
5 Spain60.5%
6 Ireland49.5%
7 Netherlands49.4%
8 Latvia48.3%
9 Slovenia45.4%
10 Austria45.1%
11 Germany42.9%
12 Czech Republic41.7%
13 Switzerland39.6%
14 Denmark38.0%
15 Japan 36.6%
16 Sweden36.1%
17 United Kingdom33.6%
18 Canada33.3%
19 United States30.2%
20 New Zealand29.8%
21 Norway26.2%
22 Finland20.1%

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 = -1.261734 X +7.445
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.497
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.247

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -77514.486855 X +86310.431
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.531
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.282

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -6.644773 X +83.676
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.348
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.121

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 0.383969 X +1.453
Correlation coefficient (r)0.204
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.042

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -9.219572 X +14.043
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.552
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.305