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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with each of these statements? - In order to protect the environment, the country needs economic growth
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
17 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Czech Republic82.6%
2 Poland81.3%
3 Hungary71.0%
4 Slovenia69.4%
5 Ireland65.7%
6 Israel61.1%
7 Spain60.0%
8 Japan 53.8%
9 United States51.0%
10 United Kingdom47.7%
11 Italy47.0%
12 Germany46.3%
13 Norway45.8%
14 Canada44.7%
15 Australia38.6%
16 New Zealand38.3%
17 Netherlands30.4%

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 = -1.629153 X +7.735
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.541
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.293

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -70607.938197 X +87431.435
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.470
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.221

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -9.512194 X +86.154
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.568
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.323

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 0.315117 X +1.411
Correlation coefficient (r)0.130
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 4.155648 X +9.462
Correlation coefficient (r)0.167
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.028