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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with each of these statements? - Poorer countries should be expected to make less effort than richer countries to protect the environment
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
21 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Spain73.9%
2 Israel70.0%
3 Slovenia69.6%
4 Portugal60.6%
5 Sweden54.7%
6 Finland48.5%
7 Denmark46.8%
8 Chile45.4%
9 Netherlands42.3%
10 Norway42.1%
11 Czech Republic41.0%
12 Mexico39.3%
13 Austria37.6%
14 Germany35.6%
15 Switzerland31.5%
16 Ireland31.1%
17 United Kingdom22.2%
18 Canada21.9%
19 Japan 21.0%
20 United States18.3%
21 New Zealand15.6%

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

No data for 17 countries.

Source
ISSP 2000

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -0.221387 X +7.056
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.071
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -43232.131056 X +68834.344
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.309
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.095

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 0.972753 X +80.778
Correlation coefficient (r)0.079
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 0.515822 X +1.399
Correlation coefficient (r)0.259
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.067

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -2.230824 X +12.742
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.106
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011