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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with each of these statements? - Poorer countries should be expected to make less effort than richer countries to protect 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 Sweden54.7%
2 Germany35.6%
3 United Kingdom22.2%
4 Canada21.9%
5 Japan 21.0%
6 United States18.3%

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 = 1.859474 X +6.362
Correlation coefficient (r)0.577
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.333

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 15083.427375 X +48746.181
Correlation coefficient (r)0.203
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.041

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 4.280134 X +80.061
Correlation coefficient (r)0.251
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.063

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 0.449409 X +1.392
Correlation coefficient (r)0.490
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.240

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 3.135803 X +12.109
Correlation coefficient (r)0.145
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.021