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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with each of these statements? - People worry too much about human progress harming 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 Mexico62.4%
2 Philippines56.0%
3 Portugal53.0%
4 Chile49.1%
5 Bulgaria46.2%
6 Slovenia43.3%
7 Israel33.6%
8 Germany33.2%
9 Austria32.9%
10 Netherlands32.5%
11 Ireland32.1%
12 Latvia31.4%
13 Switzerland30.9%
14 Czech Republic30.7%
15 New Zealand30.5%
16 United Kingdom30.1%
17 Canada28.9%
18 United States28.8%
19 Norway28.2%
20 Russian Federation27.9%
21 Sweden26.6%
22 Spain24.8%
23 Denmark24.0%
24 Finland 19.3%
24 Japan19.3%

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 = -3.292132 X +7.894
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.534
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.285

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -132627.697607 X +90110.568
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.557
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.310

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -16.925228 X +85.653
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.507
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.257

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 1.360298 X +1.174
Correlation coefficient (r)0.420
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.176

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -19.734302 X +18.967
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.439
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.193