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Question: How often do you make a special effort to sort glass or tins or plastic or newspapers and so on for recycling?
Choices: "Always" "Often" "Sometimes" "Never" "Recycling not available where I live"
Data: % of "Always"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France80.8%
2 Germany80.1%
3 Canada79.1%
4 Australia75.3%
5 United Kingdom73.1%
6 Republic of Korea63.5%
7 Sweden61.8%
8 Japan 56.6%
9 United States40.4%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2010

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 0.773371 X +6.274
Correlation coefficient (r)0.211
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.045

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -23924.486817 X +67551.871
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.286
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.082

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 5.479751 X +78.126
Correlation coefficient (r)0.356
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.127

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 0.293077 X +1.288
Correlation coefficient (r)0.141
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -15.818298 X +25.511
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.374
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.140