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Question: Do you agree that overall, modern science does more harm than good?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Canada60.7%
2 Philippines39.9%
3 Chile37.4%
4 Portugal 34.8%
5 Italy25.9%
6 Spain24.2%
7 Denmark23.7%
8 Ireland23.2%
9 Austria22.2%
10 Israel21.2%
11 Slovenia20.7%
12 United Kingdom19.7%
13 Cyprus19.1%
14 Poland18.9%
15 Slovakia18.5%
16 Czech Republic17.8%
17 New Zealand17.7%
18 Switzerland16.6%
19 Latvia15.6%
20 Japan15.4%
21 Hungary15.2%
22 Bulgaria15.1%
23 United States14.8%
24 Germany14.0%
24 Sweden14.0%
26 France12.9%
27 Australia11.8%
28 Netherlands11.5%
28 Russian Federation11.5%
30 Norway8.3%

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

No data for 208 countries.
Source
ISSP 1998

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -0.619479 X +6.807
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.106
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -47067.714275 X +52642.013
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.200
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.040
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -0.404562 X +79.991
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.012
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 0.252784 X +1.548
Correlation coefficient (r)0.081
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007
Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -16.749085 X +15.518
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.369
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.136