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Question: Do you think it is just too difficult for someone like you to do much about the environment?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
17 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Poland58.4%
2 Czech Republic56.7%
3 Hungary52.0%
4 Ireland47.1%
5 Slovenia44.2%
6 Israel42.4%
7 Spain41.2%
8 United Kingdom37.0%
9 Germany34.4%
10 Japan 28.9%
11 United States25.7%
12 Italy21.2%
13 Australia21.1%
14 Netherlands20.3%
15 New Zealand19.9%
16 Norway18.6%
17 Canada12.1%

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 = -1.427770 X +7.327
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.456
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.208

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -71737.639244 X +73135.362
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.459
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.211

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -9.995772 X +84.341
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.573
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.328

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 0.522036 X +1.406
Correlation coefficient (r)0.207
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.043

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 1.620316 X +11.193
Correlation coefficient (r)0.063
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004