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Question: How willing would you be to pay much higher taxes in order to protect the environment?
Choices: "Very willing" "Fairly willing" "Neither willing nor unwilling" "Fairly unwilling" "Very unwilling"
Data: % of "Very willing" "Fairly willing"
Period:
Area:
22 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Netherlands47.2%
2 Japan 37.2%
3 Mexico34.7%
4 Ireland34.3%
5 Switzerland33.5%
6 Slovenia32.3%
7 United Kingdom32.2%
8 United States31.6%
9 New Zealand31.1%
10 Israel29.3%
11 Chile29.1%
12 Denmark27.1%
13 Canada24.1%
14 Norway22.8%
15 Spain22.2%
16 Sweden19.5%
17 Austria19.2%
18 Germany18.2%
19 Czech Republic17.2%
19 Latvia17.2%
21 Portugal17.1%
22 Finland12.0%

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 = -0.164837 X +6.944
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.028
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 52807.511283 X +36178.634
Correlation coefficient (r)0.169
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.029

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 1.402142 X +80.215
Correlation coefficient (r)0.034
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 0.567749 X +1.479
Correlation coefficient (r)0.141
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -5.828626 X +11.323
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.163
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027