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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:
36 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Taiwan63.3%
2 Bulgaria61.3%
3 Philippines60.1%
4 Mexico53.9%
5 South Africa51.5%
6 Turkiye40.0%
7 United States38.7%
8 Argentina38.5%
9 United Kingdom36.7%
10 Australia36.1%
11 Israel35.9%
11 New Zealand35.9%
13 Republic of Korea35.7%
14 Slovenia35.4%
15 Portugal33.8%
16 Germany31.8%
17 France31.7%
18 Latvia30.9%
18 Norway30.9%
20 Chile29.8%
21 Austria29.4%
22 Czech Republic29.2%
23 Iceland28.6%
24 Netherlands28.4%
25 Belgium28.3%
26 Spain28.0%
26 Switzerland28.0%
28 Slovakia26.4%
29 Russian Federation26.3%
30 Sweden25.7%
31 Canada25.2%
32 Croatia25.1%
33 Denmark24.3%
34 Lithuania23.8%
35 Finland 19.8%
36 Japan12.4%

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

No data for 202 countries.

Source
ISSP 2010

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -2.773246 X +7.542
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.422
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.178

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -83032.667270 X +67190.689
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.400
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.160

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = -24.180116 X +87.300
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.576
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.332

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 1.898522 X +1.030
Correlation coefficient (r)0.520
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.270

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = -19.321296 X +19.810
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.325
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.106