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Question: In your opinion, how true is this? "If someone is exposed to any amount of radioactivity, they are certain to die as a result"
Choices: "Definately true" "Probably true" "Probably not true" "Definately note true"
Data: % of "Definately true" "Probably true"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy71.0%
2 Japan 39.9%
3 United Kingdom34.1%
4 Germany34.0%
5 United States27.3%
6 Australia22.7%
7 Canada22.0%

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 = -1.465602 X +7.332
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.610
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.372

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -54328.628577 X +70573.551
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.753
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.567

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 3.160909 X +80.424
Correlation coefficient (r)0.232
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.054

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -0.637285 X +1.699
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.735
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.540

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -12.094864 X +16.137
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.584
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.341