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Question: How often do you make a special effort to sort glass or tins or plastic or newspapers and so on for recycling?
Choices: "Always" "Often" "Sometimes" "Never" "Recycling not available where I live"
Data: % of "Always"
Period:
Area:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France87.3%
2 Switzerland 83.2%
3 Italy82.5%
4 Germany81.6%
5 Slovenia79.5%
6 Australia79.3%
7 Sweden76.7%
8 Austria75.3%
9 Iceland74.9%
10 Norway74.6%
11 New Zealand74.2%
12 Finland72.6%
13 Denmark70.4%
14 Japan66.9%
15 Spain62.6%
16 United States59.2%
17 Slovakia55.1%
18 Lithuania47.5%
19 Republic of Korea46.9%
20 Hungary44.1%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 18 countries.

Source
ISSP 2020

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 1.876418 X +5.507
Correlation coefficient (r)0.465
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.216

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 85118.064577 X -9105.165
Correlation coefficient (r)0.456
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.208

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 16.452143 X +69.590
Correlation coefficient (r)0.647
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.419

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 0.838139 X +0.935
Correlation coefficient (r)0.447
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.200

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -17.283774 X +23.396
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.546
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.298