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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with each of these statements? - Overall, modern science does more harm than good
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
17 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Ireland38.3%
2 Italy32.3%
3 Spain30.1%
4 Slovenia28.7%
5 Germany26.9%
6 Czech Republic26.7%
7 United Kingdom26.4%
8 Hungary26.3%
9 Japan 25.0%
10 Australia21.6%
11 Israel20.1%
12 Poland19.4%
13 Canada18.9%
14 New Zealand18.6%
15 United States17.1%
16 Netherlands14.0%
17 Norway11.2%

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 = -3.005953 X +7.464
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.518
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.268

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -84520.220788 X +69881.895
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.224
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.050

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 2.392924 X +80.264
Correlation coefficient (r)0.055
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -0.911899 X +1.838
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.159
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.025

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -11.834017 X +12.275
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.282
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.080