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Question: Do you think that there are more important things to do in life than 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 Japan 34.9%
2 United Kingdom22.2%
3 Canada21.9%
4 United States20.0%
5 Germany17.3%
6 Sweden12.9%

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 = -5.947042 X +8.181
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.976
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.953

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -95976.853654 X +73779.849
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.685
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.469

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 15.442250 X +77.975
Correlation coefficient (r)0.478
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.228

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -1.407877 X +1.825
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.812
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.659

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 3.808261 X +12.197
Correlation coefficient (r)0.093
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009