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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with each of these statements? - People worry too much about human progress harming the environment
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
22 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Mexico62.4%
2 Portugal53.0%
3 Chile49.1%
4 Slovenia43.3%
5 Israel33.6%
6 Germany33.2%
7 Austria32.9%
8 Netherlands32.5%
9 Ireland32.1%
10 Latvia31.4%
11 Switzerland30.9%
12 Czech Republic30.7%
13 New Zealand30.5%
14 United Kingdom30.1%
15 Canada28.9%
16 United States28.8%
17 Norway28.2%
18 Sweden26.6%
19 Spain24.8%
20 Denmark24.0%
21 Finland19.3%
21 Japan 19.3%

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 = -1.729068 X +7.430
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.389
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.151

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -117696.263422 X +89137.413
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.461
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.213

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -18.882121 X +86.819
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.565
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.319

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 0.460783 X +1.479
Correlation coefficient (r)0.140
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -10.496722 X +13.224
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.360
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.130