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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:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Ireland66.0%
2 Spain65.8%
3 Italy62.5%
4 United States59.0%
5 Czech Republic58.9%
6 Bulgaria57.3%
7 New Zealand54.4%
8 United Kingdom50.4%
9 Slovenia50.0%
10 Australia49.3%
11 Netherlands48.9%
12 Canada47.7%
13 Germany47.2%
14 Norway45.9%
15 Philippines 44.7%
16 Poland41.3%
17 Israel40.6%
18 Russian Federation38.6%
19 Japan33.7%
20 Hungary33.6%

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

No data for 218 countries.
Source
ISSP 1993

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 1.588309 X +5.859
Correlation coefficient (r)0.245
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.060
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 77043.973972 X +4330.605
Correlation coefficient (r)0.294
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.086
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 8.077791 X +75.578
Correlation coefficient (r)0.195
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.038
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -0.929748 X +2.088
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.229
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.052
Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -17.654837 X +20.625
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.334
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.112