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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with each of these statements? - 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:
6 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United Kingdom22.5%
2 United States20.2%
3 Japan 19.0%
4 Canada18.2%
5 Germany14.7%
6 Sweden10.9%

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 = -5.036405 X +7.786
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.464
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.215
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -53907.529952 X +62591.574
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.216
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.047
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -15.870199 X +84.091
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.276
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.076
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -0.906179 X +1.681
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.293
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.086
Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -27.536511 X +17.859
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.378
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.143