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Question: Do you think that there are more important things to do in life than protect 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 Israel56.5%
2 Portugal52.4%
3 Chile52.1%
4 Slovenia44.9%
5 Mexico44.0%
6 Spain43.5%
7 Netherlands41.2%
8 Latvia40.6%
9 Japan 34.9%
10 Finland30.9%
11 Czech Republic28.5%
12 Ireland25.3%
13 Austria23.7%
14 United Kingdom22.2%
15 Canada21.9%
16 Norway20.3%
17 United States20.0%
18 Denmark18.4%
19 Germany17.3%
20 New Zealand17.2%
21 Switzerland14.0%
22 Sweden12.9%

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

No data for 16 countries.

Source
ISSP 2000

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -2.323595 X +7.650
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.579
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.335

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -115539.612150 X +85418.361
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.647
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.419

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -3.734258 X +82.077
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.212
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.045

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 0.858163 X +1.344
Correlation coefficient (r)0.351
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.123

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -6.760443 X +14.293
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.234
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.055