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Question: How willing would you be to pay much higher taxes in order to protect the environment?
Choices: "Very willing" "Fairly willing" "Neither willing nor unwilling" "Fairly unwilling" "Very unwilling"
Data: % of "Very willing" "Fairly willing"
Period:
Area:
6 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 37.2%
2 United Kingdom32.2%
3 United States31.6%
4 Canada24.1%
5 Sweden19.5%
6 Germany18.2%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 4 countries.

Source
ISSP 2000

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -4.546177 X +8.134
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.773
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.598

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -42669.083494 X +64690.378
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.315
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.099

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 2.477625 X +80.628
Correlation coefficient (r)0.079
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -0.634644 X +1.694
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.379
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.144

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 2.744987 X +12.272
Correlation coefficient (r)0.070
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005