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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:
22 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Portugal63.1%
2 Latvia55.4%
3 Mexico47.4%
4 Czech Republic46.2%
5 Chile45.7%
6 Slovenia40.4%
7 Israel37.7%
8 Ireland33.5%
9 Germany32.3%
10 Spain31.7%
10 United Kingdom31.7%
12 Austria29.9%
13 United States28.6%
14 Japan 27.3%
15 Sweden22.8%
16 Netherlands22.7%
17 Denmark22.3%
18 Norway19.5%
19 Switzerland19.4%
20 New Zealand19.0%
21 Canada17.3%
22 Finland12.6%

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

No data for 16 countries.

Source
ISSP 2000

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -3.185803 X +7.952
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.763
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.582

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -123551.978740 X +89241.351
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.665
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.442

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -10.788323 X +84.383
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.588
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.346

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 0.563248 X +1.429
Correlation coefficient (r)0.221
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.049

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -1.763751 X +12.762
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.059
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003