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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with each of these statements? - 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:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Portugal53.8%
2 Chile50.1%
3 Mexico44.8%
4 Philippines43.7%
5 Slovenia 28.7%
6 Israel26.1%
7 Austria23.9%
8 Bulgaria23.7%
9 Switzerland22.9%
10 United Kingdom22.5%
11 Czech Republic22.0%
12 Ireland21.8%
12 Latvia21.8%
12 Spain21.8%
15 United States20.2%
16 Japan19.0%
17 Canada18.2%
17 Denmark18.2%
19 New Zealand17.6%
20 Russian Federation17.4%
21 Germany14.7%
22 Netherlands10.9%
22 Sweden10.9%
24 Norway10.1%
25 Finland7.7%

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

No data for 213 countries.
Source
ISSP 2000

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -3.118553 X +7.506
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.550
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.303
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -120840.977089 X +73354.072
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.552
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.305
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -9.972242 X +82.223
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.325
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.106
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 0.969552 X +1.409
Correlation coefficient (r)0.326
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.106
Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -16.810384 X +16.196
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.407
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.166