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Question: Do you think that there is no point in doing what I can for the environment unless others do the same?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
6 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 62.1%
2 United Kingdom44.8%
3 Germany33.7%
4 United States27.1%
5 Canada23.1%
6 Sweden21.7%

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 = -2.608871 X +7.824
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.901
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.812

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -52405.818167 X +71673.227
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.786
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.618

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 8.105555 X +78.429
Correlation coefficient (r)0.528
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.279

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -0.485571 X +1.694
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.589
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.347

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -1.617288 X +13.589
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.083
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007