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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with each of these statements? - Economic growth always harm the environment
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
6 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 48.7%
2 Germany29.7%
3 Canada19.7%
4 United States19.3%
5 United Kingdom18.3%
6 Sweden16.7%

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

No data for 4 countries.

Source
ISSP 2000

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -3.325946 X +7.745
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.908
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.824

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -58310.111202 X +67923.602
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.691
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.477

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 11.960168 X +78.262
Correlation coefficient (r)0.616
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.379

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -0.752925 X +1.713
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.721
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.520

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 7.914895 X +11.006
Correlation coefficient (r)0.322
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.104