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Question: In your opinion, how true is this? "Human beings developed from earlier species of animals"
Choices: "Definately true" "Probably true" "Probably not true" "Definately note true"
Data: % of "Definately true" "Probably true"
Period:
Area:
17 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 91.4%
2 Germany85.3%
3 Czech Republic82.7%
4 United Kingdom81.2%
5 Spain77.1%
6 Slovenia74.0%
7 Norway73.8%
8 Canada73.5%
9 Italy70.4%
9 New Zealand70.4%
11 Hungary69.6%
12 Australia68.2%
13 Netherlands66.7%
14 Ireland65.1%
15 Israel64.2%
16 Poland50.2%
17 United States48.1%

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

No data for 21 countries.

Source
ISSP 1993

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -0.682344 X +7.240
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.189
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.036

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -49803.425512 X +85419.218
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.213
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.045

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 12.519555 X +71.904
Correlation coefficient (r)0.466
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.217

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -0.670837 X +2.101
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.188
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -4.002365 X +12.333
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.154
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.024