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Question: In general, do you think that pesticides and chemicals used in farming are for the environment...
Choices: "extremely dangerous" "very dangerous" "somewhat dangerous" "not very dangerous" "not dangerous at all"
Data: % of "extremely dangerous" "very dangerous"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy66.9%
2 Germany59.3%
3 Australia52.2%
4 Canada50.5%
5 Japan 46.2%
6 United Kingdom39.2%
6 United States39.2%

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 = -0.502327 X +7.060
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.127
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -55862.651646 X +79303.496
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.470
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.221

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 8.286796 X +77.372
Correlation coefficient (r)0.368
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.135

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -0.872328 X +1.911
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.610
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.372

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -15.665319 X +19.711
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.459
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.211