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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements? - Alternative/traditional/folk medicine promises more than it is able to deliver.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
32 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Taiwan68.9%
2 Spain67.1%
3 Finland 61.0%
4 Poland57.9%
5 Denmark56.5%
6 Slovakia55.9%
7 Portugal55.2%
8 Slovenia54.4%
9 Norway54.3%
10 Italy53.3%
11 Israel51.4%
12 Bulgaria51.2%
13 Sweden50.8%
14 Russian Federation50.3%
15 United States49.9%
16 Belgium48.6%
16 Philippines48.6%
18 Netherlands48.2%
19 Australia47.3%
20 France43.9%
21 Czech Republic43.1%
22 Germany42.6%
23 United Kingdom42.0%
24 South Africa41.3%
25 Lithuania41.0%
26 Republic of Korea40.8%
27 China40.0%
28 Chile39.9%
29 Turkiye39.4%
30 Croatia37.3%
31 Switzerland36.8%
32 Japan19.0%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 206 countries.

Source
ISSP 2011

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 2.055467 X +5.531
Correlation coefficient (r)0.262
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.069

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 15890.020041 X +30071.668
Correlation coefficient (r)0.065
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 0.765946 X +78.869
Correlation coefficient (r)0.016
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -0.185425 X +1.711
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.044
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -12.644415 X +19.305
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.180
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.032