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Question: Which problem, if any, affects you and your family the most?
Choices: "Air pollution" "Chemicals and pesticides" "Water shortage" "Water pollution" "Nuclear waste" "Domestic waste disposal" "Climate change" "Genetically modified foods" "Using up our natural resources" "None of these" ("Noises" for Republic of Korea)
Data: % of "Water pollution"
Period:
Area:
29 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Mexico20.8%
2 Finland16.8%
3 Latvia14.6%
3 Slovenia14.6%
5 Republic of Korea13.2%
6 New Zealand12.9%
7 Portugal12.5%
7 Sweden12.5%
9 Canada11.1%
9 France11.1%
11 Turkiye10.9%
12 Lithuania10.7%
13 Israel10.5%
14 Chile10.2%
15 United States10.1%
16 Spain9.7%
17 Slovakia8.3%
18 Belgium7.5%
19 Denmark7.3%
20 Austria6.5%
21 Japan 6.1%
22 Czech Republic5.7%
23 Norway5.0%
24 Switzerland4.8%
25 Australia4.6%
25 Netherlands4.6%
27 Iceland4.2%
28 Germany3.1%
29 United Kingdom2.7%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 9 countries.

Source
ISSP 2010

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -5.034357 X +7.271
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.329
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.108

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -256270.575098 X +69246.227
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.513
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.263

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -23.018798 X +82.867
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.379
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.144

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 0.860227 X +1.519
Correlation coefficient (r)0.111
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 15.093988 X +11.836
Correlation coefficient (r)0.117
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014