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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements? - Alternative/traditional/folk medicine provides better solutions for health problems than mainstream/western conventional medicine.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
32 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Philippines52.7%
2 Republic of Korea39.3%
3 China36.2%
4 Chile34.5%
5 United States30.0%
6 South Africa28.4%
7 Turkiye26.8%
8 Switzerland23.9%
9 Portugal23.5%
10 France22.4%
11 Bulgaria21.3%
12 Denmark21.0%
13 Germany20.8%
14 Taiwan19.8%
15 Russian Federation17.8%
16 Lithuania17.6%
17 Japan17.1%
18 Czech Republic16.5%
19 Israel16.4%
20 Belgium16.1%
21 Poland15.8%
22 Spain15.5%
23 Slovakia15.0%
24 Slovenia14.7%
25 Finland 14.5%
26 Norway13.6%
27 Croatia13.3%
28 Italy13.2%
29 United Kingdom12.7%
30 Australia11.8%
31 Sweden10.4%
32 Netherlands9.1%

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 = -3.695873 X +7.283
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.459
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.211

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = -91220.852483 X +56571.074
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.366
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.134

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -16.947603 X +82.742
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.367
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.135

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 1.056796 X +1.404
Correlation coefficient (r)0.265
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.070

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -5.580800 X +14.468
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.084
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007