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Question: In general, do you think that pesticides and chemicals used in farming are 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:
17 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy66.9%
2 Czech Republic66.2%
3 Spain59.9%
4 Germany59.3%
5 Ireland55.5%
6 Australia52.2%
7 Slovenia52.0%
8 Canada50.5%
9 Japan 46.2%
10 Israel45.6%
11 Hungary41.4%
12 Netherlands41.2%
13 United Kingdom39.2%
13 United States39.2%
15 Poland37.8%
16 New Zealand35.0%
17 Norway28.5%

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 = -0.965936 X +7.217
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.266
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.071

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -68036.302891 X +82596.673
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.288
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.083

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 4.361519 X +78.734
Correlation coefficient (r)0.161
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.026

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -0.323829 X +1.778
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.090
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -9.416819 X +14.003
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.359
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.129