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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with each of these statements? - People worry too much about human progress harming the environment
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States38.7%
2 United Kingdom36.7%
3 Australia36.1%
4 Republic of Korea35.7%
5 Germany31.8%
6 France31.7%
7 Sweden25.7%
8 Canada25.2%
9 Japan 12.4%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2010

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 1.797586 X +6.251
Correlation coefficient (r)0.299
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.089

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 48795.318828 X +36462.314
Correlation coefficient (r)0.357
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.127

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -14.657359 X +86.307
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.581
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.338

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 0.297173 X +1.396
Correlation coefficient (r)0.087
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 5.427310 X +13.125
Correlation coefficient (r)0.078
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006