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Question: Do you agree or disagree that practicing a religion helps people to gain comfort in times of trouble or sorrow?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States93.5%
2 Germany84.5%
5 France 79.9%
6 United Kingdom79.8%
7 Italy75.1%
8 Japan42.0%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2018

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 1.426830 X +5.449
Correlation coefficient (r)0.902
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.814

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 71523.365203 X -3949.544
Correlation coefficient (r)0.750
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.562

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -10.208855 X +89.288
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.785
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.616

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 0.794008 X +0.896
Correlation coefficient (r)0.635
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.403

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -1.334552 X +10.325
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.064
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004