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Question: Do you agree that overall, modern science does more harm than good?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea22.0%
2 United Kingdom20.6%
3 France20.0%
4 Germany17.9%
5 United States14.7%
6 Australia14.0%
7 Canada13.3%
8 Japan 9.7%
9 Sweden8.9%

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 = -3.050496 X +7.277
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.291
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.085

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -101184.966216 X +67181.332
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.423
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.179

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -7.322511 X +82.992
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.166
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.028

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -1.422831 X +1.710
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.239
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.057

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 28.401977 X +10.325
Correlation coefficient (r)0.235
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.055