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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with each of these statements? - In order to protect the environment, the country needs economic growth
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
6 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany57.3%
2 Japan 55.3%
3 Sweden53.2%
4 United States47.9%
5 United Kingdom45.7%
6 Canada41.7%

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 = -1.867146 X +7.837
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.251
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.063

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -36919.454173 X +71640.246
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.215
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.046

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 13.585627 X +74.482
Correlation coefficient (r)0.344
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.118

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 0.074869 X +1.484
Correlation coefficient (r)0.035
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 20.676825 X +2.640
Correlation coefficient (r)0.414
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.171