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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:
17 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Ireland66.0%
2 Spain65.8%
3 Italy62.5%
4 United States59.0%
5 Czech Republic58.9%
6 New Zealand54.4%
7 United Kingdom50.4%
8 Slovenia50.0%
9 Australia49.3%
10 Netherlands48.9%
11 Canada47.7%
12 Germany47.2%
13 Norway45.9%
14 Poland41.3%
15 Israel40.6%
16 Japan 33.7%
17 Hungary33.6%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 21 countries.
Source
ISSP 1993

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 0.607517 X +6.448
Correlation coefficient (r)0.150
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 82664.773519 X +9538.580
Correlation coefficient (r)0.351
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.123
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 5.603477 X +78.428
Correlation coefficient (r)0.232
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.054
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -0.571548 X +1.842
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.148
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -8.520985 X +13.766
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.291
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.085