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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:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Spain67.1%
2 Finland61.0%
3 Poland57.9%
4 Denmark56.5%
5 Slovakia55.9%
6 Portugal55.2%
7 Slovenia54.4%
8 Norway54.3%
9 Italy53.3%
10 Israel51.4%
11 Sweden50.8%
12 United States49.9%
13 Belgium48.6%
14 Netherlands48.2%
15 Australia47.3%
16 France43.9%
17 Czech Republic43.1%
18 Germany42.6%
19 United Kingdom42.0%
20 Lithuania41.0%
21 Republic of Korea40.8%
22 Chile39.9%
23 Turkiye39.4%
24 Switzerland36.8%
25 Japan 19.0%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 13 countries.

Source
ISSP 2011

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 2.050628 X +5.754
Correlation coefficient (r)0.290
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.084

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 3417.583037 X +42731.550
Correlation coefficient (r)0.015
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -3.236100 X +82.382
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.126
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -0.028388 X +1.582
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.008
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -11.673469 X +18.713
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.195
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.038