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Question: In the last five years, have you signed a petition about an environmental issue?
Choices: "Yes I have" "No I have not"
Data: % of "Yes I have"
Period:
Area:
22 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 New Zealand 45.4%
2 Switzerland41.3%
3 Germany31.7%
4 United Kingdom30.4%
5 Austria29.7%
6 Canada26.2%
7 Sweden25.9%
8 Ireland25.2%
9 United States22.3%
10 Netherlands21.9%
11 Japan21.7%
12 Finland21.6%
13 Israel19.0%
14 Denmark17.4%
15 Spain16.1%
16 Czech Republic14.8%
17 Norway14.5%
18 Mexico12.2%
19 Slovenia12.0%
20 Latvia9.9%
21 Chile8.3%
22 Portugal4.4%

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

No data for 16 countries.

Source
ISSP 2000

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 2.926409 X +6.301
Correlation coefficient (r)0.545
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.297

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 127848.625746 X +22140.788
Correlation coefficient (r)0.535
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.286

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 9.248154 X +78.934
Correlation coefficient (r)0.392
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.154

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -0.344800 X +1.684
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.105
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 0.351683 X +12.120
Correlation coefficient (r)0.009
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000