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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements? - Alternative/traditional/folk medicine provides better solutions for health problems than mainstream/western conventional medicine.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea39.3%
2 Chile34.5%
3 United States30.0%
4 Turkiye26.8%
5 Switzerland23.9%
6 Portugal23.5%
7 France22.4%
8 Denmark21.0%
9 Germany20.8%
10 Lithuania17.6%
11 Japan17.1%
12 Czech Republic16.5%
13 Israel16.4%
14 Belgium16.1%
15 Poland15.8%
16 Spain15.5%
17 Slovakia15.0%
18 Slovenia14.7%
19 Finland14.5%
20 Norway13.6%
21 Italy 13.2%
22 United Kingdom12.7%
23 Australia11.8%
24 Sweden10.4%
25 Netherlands9.1%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 13 countries.

Source
ISSP 2011

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -3.737158 X +7.416
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.464
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.215

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -48804.909637 X +55710.551
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.162
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.026

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -5.876365 X +82.158
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.190
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.036

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -0.706367 X +1.645
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.145
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.021

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 12.665355 X +7.804
Correlation coefficient (r)0.213
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.045