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Question: How often do you make a special effort to sort glass or tins or plastic or newspapers and so on for recycling?
Choices: "Always" "Often" "Sometimes" "Never" "Recycling not available where I live"
Data: % of "Always"
Period:
Area:
28 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France87.3%
2 Switzerland83.2%
3 Italy82.5%
4 Germany81.6%
5 Slovenia79.5%
6 Australia79.3%
7 Sweden76.7%
8 Austria75.3%
9 Iceland74.9%
10 Norway74.6%
11 New Zealand74.2%
12 Finland72.6%
13 Denmark70.4%
14 Taiwan67.3%
15 Japan 66.9%
16 Spain62.6%
17 United States59.2%
18 Slovakia55.1%
19 Lithuania47.5%
20 Republic of Korea46.9%
21 Hungary44.1%
22 Croatia36.8%
23 Philippines32.0%
24 China21.4%
25 Russian Federation20.6%
26 India15.5%
27 Thailand13.6%
28 South Africa8.7%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 210 countries.

Source
ISSP 2020

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 2.384472 X +5.129
Correlation coefficient (r)0.759
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.576

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 81170.598866 X -7258.184
Correlation coefficient (r)0.728
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.530

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 18.965865 X +67.780
Correlation coefficient (r)0.800
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.640

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -0.290635 X +1.764
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.193
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.037

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -6.485744 X +15.302
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.314
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.099