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Question: Do you think that the earth simply cannot continue to support population growth at its present rate?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
36 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Finland78.1%
2 Mexico72.7%
3 Spain72.6%
4 New Zealand70.2%
5 Australia69.0%
6 United Kingdom67.6%
7 Slovenia66.8%
8 Denmark65.8%
9 Netherlands64.7%
9 Norway64.7%
11 Germany64.4%
11 Taiwan64.4%
13 Belgium62.9%
14 France62.4%
15 Switzerland61.4%
16 Canada60.8%
17 Sweden60.5%
18 South Africa59.0%
19 Iceland58.4%
20 Argentina58.2%
21 Austria53.6%
22 Philippines53.2%
23 United States53.1%
24 Japan52.4%
25 Chile48.1%
26 Turkiye45.9%
27 Portugal45.8%
28 Slovakia 45.1%
29 Israel44.4%
30 Czech Republic42.3%
31 Bulgaria42.2%
32 Republic of Korea41.8%
33 Lithuania36.4%
34 Croatia36.2%
35 Latvia31.3%
36 Russian Federation30.7%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 202 countries.

Source
ISSP 2010

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 2.754517 X +5.065
Correlation coefficient (r)0.532
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.283

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = 83962.457329 X -5581.763
Correlation coefficient (r)0.429
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.184

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 12.838840 X +72.219
Correlation coefficient (r)0.352
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.124

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = -0.106235 X +1.665
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.034
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = -11.113858 X +16.971
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.275
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.076