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Question: Do you think that there are more important things to do in life than protect the environment?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
22 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Israel56.5%
2 Portugal52.4%
3 Chile52.1%
4 Slovenia44.9%
5 Mexico44.0%
6 Spain43.5%
7 Netherlands41.2%
8 Latvia40.6%
9 Japan34.9%
10 Finland30.9%
11 Czech Republic28.5%
12 Ireland25.3%
13 Austria23.7%
14 United Kingdom22.2%
15 Canada21.9%
16 Norway20.3%
17 United States20.0%
18 Denmark18.4%
19 Germany17.3%
20 New Zealand17.2%
21 Switzerland 14.0%
22 Sweden12.9%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 16 countries.

Source
ISSP 2000

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -1.387983 X +7.290
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.410
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.168

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -118865.348468 X +87205.124
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.610
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.372

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -6.762910 X +82.690
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.265
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.070

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 0.673947 X +1.422
Correlation coefficient (r)0.269
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.072

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -6.128084 X +11.664
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.275
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.076