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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with each of these statements? - We worry too much about the future of the environment and not enough about prices and jobs today
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
6 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States38.3%
2 United Kingdom36.9%
3 Germany35.8%
4 Canada32.6%
5 Japan 21.2%
6 Sweden19.1%

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 = 1.237226 X +6.521
Correlation coefficient (r)0.230
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.053

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 34991.728819 X +42387.868
Correlation coefficient (r)0.282
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.080

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -22.323631 X +88.142
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.782
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.612

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 0.305035 X +1.428
Correlation coefficient (r)0.199
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.040

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -15.822198 X +17.866
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.438
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.192