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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with each of these statements? - People worry too much about human progress harming the environment
Choices: "Agree strongly" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Disagree strongly"
Data: % of "Agree strongly" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
28 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Taiwan57.5%
2 India51.7%
3 South Africa50.7%
4 Thailand50.2%
5 Philippines46.9%
6 Hungary45.2%
7 Russian Federation41.7%
7 Slovakia41.7%
9 Republic of Korea28.2%
10 New Zealand27.7%
11 Switzerland27.3%
12 Germany27.2%
13 Denmark27.1%
13 Italy27.1%
15 Spain26.5%
16 Croatia26.2%
17 China25.7%
18 Slovenia25.1%
19 Australia23.8%
20 Norway23.5%
21 Lithuania23.4%
22 Sweden22.9%
23 Austria22.7%
24 Iceland22.3%
25 United States21.5%
26 France20.2%
27 Finland20.0%
28 Japan 12.5%

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 = -3.922823 X +7.714
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.606
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.367

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -132464.686272 X +80416.697
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.577
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.333

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = -42.326497 X +91.301
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.782
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.612

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 1.550658 X +1.133
Correlation coefficient (r)0.451
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.203

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data27
Regression equation
Y = 4.407558 X +10.275
Correlation coefficient (r)0.093
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009