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Question: In general, do you think that pesticides and chemicals used in farming are for the environment...
Choices: "extremely dangerous" "very dangerous" "somewhat dangerous" "not very dangerous" "not dangerous at all"
Data: % of "extremely dangerous" "very dangerous"
Period:
Area:
17 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy66.9%
2 Czech Republic66.2%
3 Spain59.9%
4 Germany59.3%
5 Ireland55.5%
6 Australia52.2%
7 Slovenia52.0%
8 Canada50.5%
9 Japan 46.2%
10 Israel45.6%
11 Hungary41.4%
12 Netherlands41.2%
13 United Kingdom39.2%
13 United States39.2%
15 Poland37.8%
16 New Zealand35.0%
17 Norway28.5%

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 = -0.699483 X +7.175
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.170
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.029

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -49901.425140 X +72579.826
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.243
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.059

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 2.522690 X +79.712
Correlation coefficient (r)0.110
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -0.404920 X +1.779
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.122
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -6.332914 X +14.789
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.187
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035