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Question: Do you think that there are more important things to do in life than protect 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 Taiwan68.1%
2 Philippines59.6%
3 Republic of Korea56.2%
4 Israel50.8%
5 Turkiye50.0%
6 Latvia47.8%
7 Spain47.2%
8 Bulgaria44.9%
9 Croatia42.0%
10 Portugal39.8%
11 Lithuania38.8%
12 South Africa35.5%
13 Mexico34.5%
14 Czech Republic33.1%
15 Slovenia33.0%
16 Slovakia32.6%
17 Russian Federation31.2%
18 Finland30.3%
19 Japan 29.4%
20 Argentina28.2%
21 Chile27.4%
22 Iceland26.5%
23 United States24.4%
24 Netherlands23.8%
24 United Kingdom23.8%
26 Belgium23.1%
27 Switzerland21.2%
28 Denmark19.1%
29 France19.0%
30 Australia18.6%
30 Austria18.6%
32 Germany17.8%
33 Canada17.6%
34 Norway16.0%
35 New Zealand15.9%
36 Sweden12.7%

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

No data for 202 countries.

Source
ISSP 2010

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -3.028421 X +7.576
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.557
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.310

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -102235.283986 X +71933.271
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.596
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.355

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = -13.763709 X +83.591
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.396
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.157

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 0.696553 X +1.441
Correlation coefficient (r)0.230
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.053

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = -1.556100 X +13.905
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.032
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001