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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with each of these statements? - Modern science will solve our environmental problems with little change to our way of life
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany35.3%
2 Italy28.9%
3 United Kingdom20.3%
3 United States20.3%
5 Australia15.4%
6 Canada14.6%
7 Japan 8.8%

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 = 1.299031 X +6.540
Correlation coefficient (r)0.290
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.084

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -14403.063557 X +54047.543
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.107
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -9.710058 X +83.549
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.382
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.146

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.056834 X +1.458
Correlation coefficient (r)0.035
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -16.422215 X +15.169
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.425
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.181