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Question: How often do you make a special effort to sort glass or tins or plastic or newspapers and so on for recycling?
Choices: "Always" "Often" "Sometimes" "Never" "Recycling not available where I live"
Data: % of "Always"
Period:
Area:
6 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany74.2%
2 Japan 56.8%
3 Canada54.6%
4 Sweden49.6%
5 United States32.5%
6 United Kingdom29.6%

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 = -0.324099 X +7.061
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.119
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -23193.932603 X +64605.427
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.370
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.137

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 6.717137 X +77.972
Correlation coefficient (r)0.466
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.217

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -0.327526 X +1.684
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.423
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.179

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 3.080264 X +11.490
Correlation coefficient (r)0.169
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.029