Variable: Reported extent of recycling (mean)
QoG Code: (issp_20am)
Description:
Average reply to 20a: "How often do you make a special effort to sort glass or tins or plastic or newspapers and so on for recycling?". (1) Always, (2) Often, (3) Sometimes, (4) Never. Responses (8) Recycling not available where I live are deleted.
In Environment III (2010) - question 20a.
In Environment II (2000) - question 19a.
In Environment I (1993) - question 19a.
A higher score means that fewer people make an effort to recycle correctly. A lower score means that more people make an effort to recycle correctly.
Type of variable: Continuous
Last updated by source: 2019-06-13
Categories:
Environment
Find this variable in:
Environmental Indicators - 2021
Original Dataset
This variable has information for these countries:
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- Argentina
- Australia
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- Chile
- Croatia
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Finland
- France (1963-)
- Germany
- Germany, East
- Germany, West
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Korea, South
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Mexico
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Norway
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Russia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Taiwan
- Turkey
- United Kingdom
- United States
This variable has information from the year 1993 to the year 2010