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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with each of these statements? - It is right to use animals for medical testing if it might save human lives
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
17 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Czech Republic82.8%
2 Slovenia78.8%
3 Hungary78.3%
3 Poland78.3%
5 Spain72.1%
6 Israel71.2%
7 Norway69.2%
8 United States66.1%
9 Canada61.4%
10 Germany59.4%
11 Australia58.5%
12 New Zealand58.4%
13 Ireland58.0%
14 United Kingdom54.3%
15 Italy52.8%
16 Netherlands51.4%
17 Japan 35.0%

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

No data for 21 countries.

Source
ISSP 1993

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -0.242536 X +6.994
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.066
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -62217.702784 X +88355.662
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.341
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.116

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -13.080815 X +89.280
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.643
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.413

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 0.705002 X +1.134
Correlation coefficient (r)0.239
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.057

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 4.901286 X +8.616
Correlation coefficient (r)0.163
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027