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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:
22 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Spain64.9%
2 Mexico63.7%
3 Portugal62.8%
4 Chile60.7%
5 Switzerland59.3%
6 Ireland55.4%
7 Denmark55.2%
8 Canada54.8%
9 United States54.1%
10 United Kingdom52.8%
11 Israel51.7%
12 New Zealand50.0%
13 Netherlands47.4%
14 Austria47.2%
15 Latvia45.2%
16 Finland44.6%
16 Norway44.6%
18 Slovenia44.4%
19 Czech Republic43.8%
20 Sweden42.6%
21 Germany42.0%
22 Japan 28.6%

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

No data for 16 countries.

Source
ISSP 2000

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -0.573772 X +7.150
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.109
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -15111.341643 X +57983.243
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.050
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -9.414121 X +85.366
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.237
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.056

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 0.065158 X +1.598
Correlation coefficient (r)0.017
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -19.929260 X +19.870
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.574
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.329