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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:
6 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Canada54.8%
2 United States54.1%
3 United Kingdom52.8%
4 Sweden42.6%
5 Germany42.0%
6 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 4 countries.
Source
ISSP 2000

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 2.852528 X +5.593
Correlation coefficient (r)0.645
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.416
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 59043.376277 X +26061.126
Correlation coefficient (r)0.580
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.336
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -17.550739 X +89.341
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.748
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.560
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 0.540198 X +1.274
Correlation coefficient (r)0.429
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.184
Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -12.150684 X +18.584
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.410
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.168