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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements? - People suffer from severe health problems because of their genes.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Poland87.9%
2 Czech Republic84.1%
3 Lithuania83.0%
4 Portugal81.9%
5 Netherlands81.4%
6 Slovakia81.2%
7 Israel77.0%
8 Turkiye74.5%
9 United States74.3%
10 Germany73.5%
11 Finland73.3%
12 Spain72.9%
13 Denmark72.3%
14 Italy71.2%
15 Slovenia70.2%
16 Republic of Korea69.8%
17 France68.2%
18 Belgium66.7%
19 Australia66.0%
20 Switzerland 65.6%
21 Norway62.7%
22 United Kingdom61.7%
23 Chile59.2%
24 Sweden55.9%
25 Japan42.1%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 13 countries.

Source
ISSP 2011

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -0.086250 X +6.771
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.015
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -63429.922498 X +89666.520
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.267
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.071

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -18.504413 X +93.782
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.604
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.365

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 0.466926 X +1.253
Correlation coefficient (r)0.125
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -3.193088 X +12.465
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.073
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005