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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with each of these statements? - People worry too much about human progress harming 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 Mexico62.4%
2 Portugal53.0%
3 Chile49.1%
4 Slovenia43.3%
5 Israel33.6%
6 Germany33.2%
7 Austria32.9%
8 Netherlands32.5%
9 Ireland32.1%
10 Latvia31.4%
11 Switzerland30.9%
12 Czech Republic30.7%
13 New Zealand30.5%
14 United Kingdom30.1%
15 Canada28.9%
16 United States28.8%
17 Norway28.2%
18 Sweden26.6%
19 Spain24.8%
20 Denmark24.0%
21 Finland19.3%
21 Japan 19.3%

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 = -2.901657 X +7.886
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.551
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.304

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -119417.962987 X +88950.534
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.510
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.260

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -11.796905 X +84.809
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.510
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.260

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 0.931094 X +1.303
Correlation coefficient (r)0.290
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.084

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -11.283732 X +15.917
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.298
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.089