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Question: Within the next five years, how likely is it that an accident at a nuclear power station will cause long-term environmental damage across many countries?
Choices: "Very likely" "Likely" "Unlikely" "Very unlikely"
Data: % of "Very likely"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Chile41.9%
1 Mexico41.9%
3 Philippines39.0%
4 Russian Federation38.7%
5 New Zealand32.9%
6 Japan28.9%
7 Portugal25.9%
8 Ireland23.4%
9 United Kingdom22.8%
10 Austria21.5%
11 Canada18.2%
12 United States17.2%
13 Israel16.7%
14 Finland 16.4%
15 Switzerland14.6%
16 Denmark13.9%
17 Norway13.4%
18 Germany13.0%
19 Slovenia12.9%
20 Czech Republic12.5%
21 Bulgaria12.3%
22 Spain10.0%
22 Sweden10.0%
24 Netherlands8.7%

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

No data for 214 countries.

Source
ISSP 2000

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -3.567014 X +7.545
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.553
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.306

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -123812.576022 X +71860.263
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.498
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.248

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -15.659210 X +83.352
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.456
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.208

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 0.864790 X +1.460
Correlation coefficient (r)0.252
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.064

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -6.879456 X +13.336
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.152
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.023