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Question: Do you think it is just too difficult for someone like you to do much about the environment?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
6 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany32.3%
2 United Kingdom31.7%
3 United States28.6%
4 Japan 27.3%
5 Sweden22.8%
6 Canada17.3%

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 = -1.505512 X +7.302
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.191
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.036

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -22833.896030 X +59201.872
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.126
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -10.927839 X +84.214
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.262
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.069

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 0.584730 X +1.366
Correlation coefficient (r)0.261
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.068

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -10.675643 X +15.864
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.202
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.041