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Question: In your opinion, how true is this? "If someone is exposed to any amount of radioactivity, they are certain to die as a result"
Choices: "Definately true" "Probably true" "Probably not true" "Definately note true"
Data: % of "Definately true" "Probably true"
Period:
Area:
17 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Poland75.2%
2 Italy71.0%
3 Israel68.3%
4 Spain60.9%
5 Ireland60.4%
6 Slovenia46.3%
7 Netherlands42.4%
8 Czech Republic41.9%
9 Japan 39.9%
10 United Kingdom34.1%
11 Germany34.0%
12 New Zealand31.4%
13 United States27.3%
14 Hungary25.3%
15 Norway23.2%
16 Australia22.7%
17 Canada22.0%

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 = -0.373394 X +6.913
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.168
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.028

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -39867.313401 X +66947.959
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.275
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.076

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 0.376944 X +80.668
Correlation coefficient (r)0.023
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 0.277004 X +1.505
Correlation coefficient (r)0.126
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -9.528657 X +13.550
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.593
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.352