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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with each of these statements? - Overall, modern science does more harm than good
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy32.3%
2 Germany26.9%
3 United Kingdom26.4%
4 Japan 25.0%
5 Australia21.6%
6 Canada18.9%
7 United States17.1%

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 = -3.513365 X +7.651
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.454
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.206
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -190673.805112 X +96909.049
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.821
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.674
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 18.618230 X +77.083
Correlation coefficient (r)0.424
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.180
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.669784 X +1.871
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.598
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.358
Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -47.780672 X +23.281
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.716
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.513