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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:
25 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 Philippines51.3%
13 New Zealand50.0%
14 Netherlands47.4%
15 Austria47.2%
16 Bulgaria46.3%
17 Latvia45.2%
18 Finland 44.6%
18 Norway44.6%
20 Slovenia44.4%
21 Czech Republic43.8%
22 Russian Federation43.6%
23 Sweden42.6%
24 Germany42.0%
25 Japan28.6%

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

No data for 213 countries.
Source
ISSP 2000

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -0.019176 X +6.777
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.002
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -2468.061448 X +45955.701
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.008
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -1.372932 X +80.550
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.031
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 0.503444 X +1.386
Correlation coefficient (r)0.117
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014
Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -29.061830 X +26.824
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.486
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.236