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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 Finland61.0%
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 Japan 19.0%

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 = 1.988743 X +5.572
Correlation coefficient (r)0.296
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.088

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 24124.748823 X +26474.671
Correlation coefficient (r)0.094
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 1.697079 X +77.999
Correlation coefficient (r)0.030
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = 0.120921 X +1.574
Correlation coefficient (r)0.026
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -10.324551 X +15.432
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.176
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.031