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Strength of correlation (R squared): 0.765 (this correlation is significant)
Compliance with environmental agreements (WEF survey) Units: Survey Responses Ranging from 1 (Strongly Disagree) to 7 Units: Response to the statement: "Compliance with international environmental agreements is a high priority.
Fixed line and mobile telephones (per 1,000 people). Fixed lines are telephone mainlines connecting a customer's equipment to the public switched telephone network. Mobilephone subscribers refer to users of portable telephones subscribing to an automatic public mobile telephone service using cellular technology that provides access to the public switched telephone network.
Source:
Michael E. Porter et al, The Global Competitveness Report 2001. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. via ciesin.org