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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with each of these statements? - Overall, modern science does more harm than good
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
17 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Ireland38.3%
2 Italy32.3%
3 Spain30.1%
4 Slovenia28.7%
5 Germany26.9%
6 Czech Republic26.7%
7 United Kingdom26.4%
8 Hungary26.3%
9 Japan 25.0%
10 Australia21.6%
11 Israel20.1%
12 Poland19.4%
13 Canada18.9%
14 New Zealand18.6%
15 United States17.1%
16 Netherlands14.0%
17 Norway11.2%

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 = -2.708019 X +7.479
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.413
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.171
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -52944.351021 X +61116.854
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.161
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.026
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 1.085147 X +80.667
Correlation coefficient (r)0.030
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -0.854478 X +1.787
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.161
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.026
Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -6.939341 X +13.386
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.128
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016