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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with each of these statements? - In order to protect the environment, the country needs economic growth
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 53.8%
2 United States51.0%
3 United Kingdom47.7%
4 Italy47.0%
5 Germany46.3%
6 Canada44.7%
7 Australia38.6%

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

No data for 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 1993

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -5.816894 X +9.541
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.694
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.482

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -83852.868061 X +90515.684
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.333
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.111

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -7.525578 X +85.095
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.158
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.025

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -0.680240 X +1.790
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.225
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.051

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 23.038994 X +0.968
Correlation coefficient (r)0.319
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.102