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Question: Do you agree that 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:
26 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Canada60.7%
2 Chile37.4%
3 Portugal34.8%
4 Italy25.9%
5 Spain24.2%
6 Denmark23.7%
7 Ireland23.2%
8 Austria22.2%
9 Israel21.2%
10 Slovenia20.7%
11 United Kingdom19.7%
12 Poland18.9%
13 Slovakia18.5%
14 Czech Republic17.8%
15 New Zealand17.7%
16 Switzerland16.6%
17 Latvia15.6%
18 Japan 15.4%
19 Hungary15.2%
20 United States14.8%
21 Germany14.0%
21 Sweden14.0%
23 France12.9%
24 Australia11.8%
25 Netherlands11.5%
26 Norway8.3%

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

No data for 12 countries.
Source
ISSP 1998

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -0.879975 X +7.005
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.181
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.033
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -45053.976742 X +56533.181
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.201
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.040
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 1.405334 X +80.471
Correlation coefficient (r)0.059
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -0.376413 X +1.660
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.131
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017
Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -9.469279 X +14.289
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.277
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.077