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Question: Do you agree that we trust too much in science and not enough in religious faith?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Chile57.0%
2 Portugal42.8%
3 Spain42.0%
4 Italy41.1%
5 Israel39.6%
6 Slovenia33.6%
7 Slovakia33.0%
8 Ireland32.8%
9 Norway31.3%
10 Latvia27.9%
11 Poland27.3%
12 Czech Republic25.5%
13 Denmark24.7%
14 Netherlands24.0%
15 Austria23.9%
16 Switzerland23.7%
17 Hungary23.4%
18 New Zealand23.0%
19 Canada22.1%
20 United Kingdom21.5%
21 Australia18.6%
22 Germany16.7%
23 France15.8%
24 Japan 13.5%
25 Sweden12.1%

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

No data for 13 countries.

Source
ISSP 1998

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -1.703384 X +7.292
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.344
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.118

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -69478.551961 X +65720.921
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.310
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.096

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -2.676421 X +81.646
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.115
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 0.214157 X +1.520
Correlation coefficient (r)0.073
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -14.799634 X +16.310
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.436
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.190