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Question: Do you agree that many of the claims about environmental threats are exaggerated?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
21 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Portugal50.7%
2 Mexico46.4%
3 Chile36.4%
4 Czech Republic36.2%
5 Norway32.9%
6 Spain31.4%
7 Israel30.1%
8 Austria29.8%
9 Switzerland29.4%
10 Germany28.7%
11 Slovenia28.6%
12 Ireland28.5%
13 Netherlands28.3%
14 United States28.2%
15 Denmark27.0%
16 Canada26.5%
16 New Zealand26.5%
18 United Kingdom25.7%
19 Japan 22.5%
20 Sweden20.5%
21 Finland18.9%

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

No data for 17 countries.

Source
ISSP 2000

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -4.334703 X +8.272
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.606
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.367

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -151019.817472 X +96480.547
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.469
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.220

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -14.924005 X +85.681
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.526
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.277

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = 0.752615 X +1.386
Correlation coefficient (r)0.165
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data21
Regression equation
Y = -19.890842 X +17.817
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.411
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.169