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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:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy62.5%
2 United States59.0%
3 United Kingdom50.4%
4 Australia49.3%
5 Canada47.7%
6 Germany47.2%
7 Japan 33.7%

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

No data for 3 countries.
Source
ISSP 1993

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 1.638670 X +5.988
Correlation coefficient (r)0.377
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.142
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 28617.608515 X +36792.229
Correlation coefficient (r)0.219
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.048
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -15.197678 X +89.152
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.615
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.378
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.140503 X +1.400
Correlation coefficient (r)0.089
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008
Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -16.556539 X +20.074
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.441
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.194