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Table 5 Scores for acceptance of evolution, knowledge about evolution, and religious faith per country

From: European first-year university students accept evolution but lack substantial knowledge about it: a standardized European cross-country assessment

Country

Acceptance of evolution

Knowledge about evolution

Religious faith

M

SD

N

M

SD

N

M

SD

N

Austria

33.37

4.75

156

5.98

2.41

145

24.47

12.64

155

Belgium

33.47

5.59

384

6.13

2.16

377

20.63

12.35

392

Bosnia-Herzegovina

29.94

4.92

222

2.89

1.78

184

38.13

12.73

210

Bulgaria

32.95

4.80

184

3.61

1.88

148

27.77

12.79

178

Croatia

31.92

4.97

373

5.15

2.30

353

32.73

14.01

350

Cyprus

31.12

4.99

75

4.2

2.51

70

38.01

9.95

74

Czech Republic

30.30

4.87

363

4.5

2.04

360

20.12

10.68

376

Finland

36.09

3.38

200

7.81

1.69

191

18.54

9.98

203

France

31.67

4.01

681

6.38

1.69

620

21.06

12.31

664

Germany

32.95

4.45

979

6.13

2.41

879

24.36

12.03

972

Greece

31.21

4.45

152

3.13

1.78

144

37.75

10.69

153

Hungary

32.64

5.30

222

4.55

2.24

212

28.04

13.76

207

Italy

32.27

4.05

695

5.62

2.32

656

25.18

11.84

648

Latvia

30.17

5.24

166

2.80

1.50

141

31.55

12.38

172

The Netherlands

35.02

5.30

431

7.51

1.71

409

17.11

10.23

430

Poland

33.29

4.82

427

4.97

2.48

397

28.42

14.26

431

Portugal

32.44

4.39

140

4.59

2.49

136

27.83

12.81

139

Romania

30.83

4.98

605

3.03

1.56

544

33.68

12.60

592

Serbia

31.00

5.11

1135

3.94

2.25

990

30.96

12.75

1068

Slovakia

30.68

4.55

188

3.03

1.49

186

34.48

13.04

183

Slovenia

31.16

4.31

298

4.12

2.20

257

29.53

13.20

300

Spain

34.71

3.97

204

7.13

1.98

190

20.02

12.16

204

Sweden

33.19

4.64

32

5.45

2.19

31

17.56

10.93

32

Switzerland

32.70

4.26

64

6.83

2.00

59

18.88

10.01

66

Turkey

32.64

6.33

69

3.92

2.35

60

35.25

13.86

71

Ukraine

31.40

5.30

82

2.87

1.52

67

27.04

13.46

83

  1. Score ranges: acceptance of evolution: 8–40; knowledge about evolution: 0–12; religious faith: 10–50