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Question: Which of the following statements comes closest to your opinion?
Choices: "It is not necessary to believe in God in order to be moral and have good values" "It is necessary to believe in God in order to be moral and have good values"
Data: % of "It is not necessary to believe in God in order to be moral and have good values"
Period:
Area:
10 countries/ areas
Highlight:
3 France 81.7%
4 United Kingdom79.9%
5 Canada77.9%
6 Italy77.3%
7 Germany71.6%
8 United States67.1%
9 Japan64.1%

Note
Don't know/ Refused are excluded.

Source
Pew Research Center "Global Attitudes & Trends" Spring 2022. For the United States, Pew Research Center "American Trends Panel Wave 105" March 2022.

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 2.002681 X +5.097
Correlation coefficient (r)0.463
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.214

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -46625.430603 X +85343.534
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.203
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.041

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 6.713195 X +76.531
Correlation coefficient (r)0.215
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.046

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.908928 X +0.800
Correlation coefficient (r)0.289
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.084

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -31.992046 X +33.207
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.637
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.406