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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:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy41.1%
2 Canada22.1%
3 United Kingdom21.5%
4 Australia18.6%
5 Germany16.7%
6 France15.8%
7 Japan 13.5%
8 Sweden12.1%

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

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 1998

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -1.170887 X +7.079
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.250
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.062

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -53693.967023 X +59995.383
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.513
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.263

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -2.604917 X +82.801
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.196
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.038

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -1.269908 X +1.774
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.620
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.384

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -29.015381 X +17.729
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.861
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.741