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Question: In general, do you think that pesticides and chemicals used in farming are for the environment...
Choices: "extremely dangerous" "very dangerous" "somewhat dangerous" "not very dangerous" "not dangerous at all"
Data: % of "extremely dangerous" "very dangerous"
Period:
Area:
6 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany69.1%
2 Japan 59.0%
3 Canada56.0%
4 Sweden55.9%
5 United Kingdom50.3%
6 United States49.4%

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 = -0.640962 X +7.263
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.101
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -57026.036309 X +85399.074
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.392
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.154

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 13.062706 X +73.904
Correlation coefficient (r)0.390
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.152

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -0.569667 X +1.844
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.316
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.100

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 2.401185 X +11.657
Correlation coefficient (r)0.057
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003