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Question: Do you agree that religious leaders should not try to influence government decisions?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan85.1%
2 Germany79.1%
3 Italy79.0%
4 France 78.3%
7 United Kingdom69.1%
8 United States67.8%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. Italy: unweighted sum of 2008 and 2010 surveys. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2008

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -3.281913 X +9.038
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.779
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.607

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -198065.865820 X +201587.488
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.780
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.608

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 25.131460 X +62.350
Correlation coefficient (r)0.725
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.526

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -1.946510 X +2.985
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.584
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.341

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -7.524932 X +15.062
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.136
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018