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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with each of these statements? - We believe too often in science, and not enough in feelings and faith
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
36 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 South Africa64.7%
2 Mexico59.5%
3 Philippines59.3%
4 Spain53.5%
5 Portugal52.9%
6 Chile52.8%
7 Austria49.7%
8 Argentina49.5%
9 Switzerland48.7%
10 Republic of Korea46.3%
11 Bulgaria45.8%
12 Latvia45.4%
13 Slovenia44.0%
14 United States43.3%
15 Czech Republic40.5%
15 Russian Federation40.5%
17 Germany40.3%
18 Israel40.0%
19 Netherlands39.9%
20 Taiwan39.5%
21 Lithuania37.2%
22 France35.5%
23 New Zealand35.3%
24 Iceland34.7%
25 Croatia34.2%
26 Slovakia33.8%
27 Australia33.0%
28 Canada32.9%
29 United Kingdom32.8%
30 Denmark32.6%
31 Belgium29.4%
32 Finland28.7%
33 Sweden28.4%
34 Norway28.0%
35 Turkiye22.7%
36 Japan 17.6%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 202 countries.
Source
ISSP 2010

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -1.713773 X +7.292
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.283
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.080
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data36
Regression equation
Y = -93292.129028 X +77345.176
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.399
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.159
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = -25.951570 X +89.174
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.525
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.276
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 0.823496 X +1.339
Correlation coefficient (r)0.227
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.052
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 0.856061 X +10.457
Correlation coefficient (r)0.018
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000