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Question: How often do you make a special effort to sort glass or tins or plastic or newspapers and so on for recycling?
Choices: "Always" "Often" "Sometimes" "Never" "Recycling not available where I live"
Data: % of "Always"
Period:
Area:
29 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Belgium87.0%
2 France80.8%
3 Germany80.1%
4 Canada79.1%
5 Switzerland77.9%
6 Australia75.3%
7 New Zealand73.5%
8 United Kingdom73.1%
9 Austria72.6%
10 Finland63.8%
11 Republic of Korea63.5%
12 Slovenia62.7%
13 Sweden61.8%
14 Netherlands60.2%
15 Denmark58.0%
16 Japan 56.6%
17 Spain55.5%
18 Norway55.2%
19 Iceland50.5%
20 Portugal49.6%
21 Slovakia42.1%
22 Czech Republic41.0%
23 United States40.4%
24 Israel25.6%
25 Mexico22.3%
26 Lithuania21.1%
27 Latvia20.2%
28 Chile11.7%
29 Turkiye9.7%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 9 countries.

Source
ISSP 2010

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 1.008845 X +6.221
Correlation coefficient (r)0.389
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.151

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 53003.554813 X +16964.316
Correlation coefficient (r)0.500
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.250

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 11.351543 X +74.196
Correlation coefficient (r)0.694
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.482

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -0.438287 X +1.851
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.282
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.080

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 2.634155 X +9.084
Correlation coefficient (r)0.140
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020