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Question: In general, do you think that modifying the genes of certain crops is for the environment...
Choices: "extremely dangerous" "very dangerous" "somewhat dangerous" "not very dangerous" "not dangerous at all"
Data: % of "extremely dangerous" "very dangerous"
Period:
Area:
21 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Portugal77.3%
2 Austria73.9%
3 Chile71.8%
4 Spain58.8%
5 Switzerland55.8%
6 Germany55.1%
7 Japan 53.6%
8 Ireland48.6%
9 Sweden47.8%
10 Mexico47.2%
11 United Kingdom44.8%
12 Slovenia43.2%
13 Czech Republic43.0%
14 New Zealand40.7%
15 Denmark39.4%
16 Finland37.9%
17 Canada33.7%
18 Norway33.1%
19 Israel29.0%
20 United States26.4%
21 Netherlands24.8%

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

No data for 17 countries.

Source
ISSP 2000

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -1.865373 X +7.765
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.612
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.375

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -68850.982886 X +83993.992
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.386
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.149

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 0.776001 X +80.574
Correlation coefficient (r)0.037
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -0.986599 X +2.097
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.418
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.175

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -4.392055 X +11.524
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.236
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.056