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Question: Do you think it is just too difficult for someone like you to do much about the environment?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Bulgaria76.2%
2 Portugal63.1%
3 Russian Federation61.6%
4 Latvia55.4%
5 Mexico47.4%
6 Czech Republic46.2%
7 Chile45.7%
8 Slovenia40.4%
9 Philippines39.7%
10 Israel37.7%
11 Ireland33.5%
12 Germany32.3%
13 Spain31.7%
13 United Kingdom31.7%
15 Austria29.9%
16 United States28.6%
17 Japan27.3%
18 Sweden22.8%
19 Netherlands22.7%
20 Denmark22.3%
21 Norway19.5%
22 Switzerland19.4%
23 New Zealand19.0%
24 Canada17.3%
25 Finland 12.6%

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

No data for 213 countries.

Source
ISSP 2000

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -3.564433 X +8.027
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.837
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.701

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -115626.398350 X +85600.254
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.703
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.494

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -15.782347 X +85.441
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.685
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.469

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 0.314084 X +1.528
Correlation coefficient (r)0.140
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 2.075297 X +11.478
Correlation coefficient (r)0.067
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004