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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with each of these statements? - People worry too much about human progress harming the environment
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy35.7%
2 United Kingdom33.2%
3 United States32.9%
4 Germany29.7%
5 Australia27.7%
6 Japan 26.9%
7 Canada21.2%

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 = -1.005252 X +7.104
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.121
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -34826.761552 X +61406.554
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.140
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -17.179513 X +86.645
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.365
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.133

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.152952 X +1.425
Correlation coefficient (r)0.051
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -29.250276 X +20.462
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.410
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.168