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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with each of these statements? - Modern science will solve our environmental problems with little change to our way of life
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
36 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 South Africa58.4%
2 Philippines54.8%
3 Turkiye45.6%
4 Russian Federation44.0%
4 Taiwan44.0%
6 Portugal39.1%
7 Mexico38.1%
8 Argentina37.7%
9 Denmark37.2%
10 Spain33.4%
11 Israel31.9%
12 Austria31.3%
13 Lithuania31.1%
14 Germany28.9%
15 Bulgaria28.3%
16 Norway26.9%
17 Chile25.1%
18 Croatia24.7%
19 United Kingdom24.5%
20 United States24.4%
21 Latvia23.3%
22 Republic of Korea22.6%
23 Australia21.4%
24 Iceland20.1%
25 Czech Republic19.6%
26 New Zealand19.4%
27 France18.8%
28 Netherlands18.3%
29 Belgium15.6%
29 Slovenia15.6%
31 Switzerland14.3%
32 Slovakia13.7%
33 Canada13.6%
34 Finland 12.1%
35 Sweden8.8%
36 Japan6.2%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 202 countries.

Source
ISSP 2010

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -3.341781 X +7.505
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.555
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.308

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -98472.776418 X +65642.921
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.518
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.268

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = -24.335530 X +85.761
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.686
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.471

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 1.619090 X +1.228
Correlation coefficient (r)0.525
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.276

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = -8.671397 X +15.721
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.172
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.030