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Question: Do you agree that many of the claims about environmental threats are exaggerated?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
6 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany28.7%
2 United States28.2%
3 Canada26.5%
4 United Kingdom25.7%
5 Japan 22.5%
6 Sweden20.5%

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 = 1.780490 X +6.449
Correlation coefficient (r)0.128
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 77474.682941 X +33473.001
Correlation coefficient (r)0.242
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.059

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -51.797464 X +94.431
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.702
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.493

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 0.163059 X +1.480
Correlation coefficient (r)0.041
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -21.884238 X +18.564
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.234
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.055