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Question: Do you agree that we trust too much in science and not enough in religious faith?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
44 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 South Africa54.6%
2 Chile53.5%
3 Venezuela48.9%
4 Mexico48.2%
5 Kenya46.0%
6 Republic of Korea45.4%
7 Philippines44.4%
8 Uruguay44.2%
9 Dominican Republic43.9%
10 Spain39.1%
11 Taiwan38.4%
12 Italy37.4%
13 Tanzania34.9%
14 Portugal34.6%
15 Israel31.9%
16 United States31.6%
17 Cyprus30.3%
18 Russian Federation29.2%
19 Croatia28.4%
20 Hungary27.3%
20 Slovakia27.3%
22 Ukraine26.5%
23 Ireland24.7%
24 Turkiye23.2%
25 Norway22.8%
26 Czech Republic22.6%
27 Slovenia22.5%
28 Switzerland21.4%
29 Latvia20.8%
30 United Kingdom20.2%
31 Indonesia19.6%
32 New Zealand18.5%
33 Germany17.5%
34 Austria17.1%
34 Denmark17.1%
36 Poland16.6%
37 Sri Lanka16.0%
38 Netherlands15.3%
39 Australia14.9%
40 France14.2%
41 Finland13.1%
42 Japan 11.9%
43 Belgium11.5%
44 Sweden10.2%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. Italy: unweighted sum of 2008 and 2010 surveys. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 194 countries.

Source
ISSP 2008

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data44
Regression equation
Y = -2.485308 X +6.995
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.349
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.122

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data44
Regression equation
Y = -99617.801457 X +62183.489
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.460
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.212

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data43
Regression equation
Y = -25.524448 X +84.407
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.518
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.268

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data43
Regression equation
Y = 1.400811 X +1.400
Correlation coefficient (r)0.267
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.071

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data43
Regression equation
Y = -1.038038 X +10.468
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.025
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001