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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:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Poland86.6%
2 Japan85.1%
3 Denmark83.0%
4 Slovenia82.5%
5 Spain82.2%
6 Switzerland81.9%
7 Turkiye79.8%
8 Germany79.1%
9 Italy79.0%
10 Netherlands78.7%
11 France 78.3%
12 Belgium75.4%
13 Ireland73.9%
14 Australia73.2%
15 Portugal72.9%
16 Finland72.7%
17 Austria72.2%
18 Republic of Korea72.1%
19 Hungary70.6%
20 Chile70.5%
21 Slovakia70.2%
22 Czech Republic69.4%
23 Norway69.1%
23 United Kingdom69.1%
25 Mexico68.5%
26 United States67.8%
27 Sweden66.8%
28 New Zealand65.8%
29 Latvia62.7%
30 Israel54.9%

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 8 countries.

Source
ISSP 2008

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -1.579875 X +7.854
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.198
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.039

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -889.097088 X +47426.587
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.003
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 8.293708 X +74.639
Correlation coefficient (r)0.221
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.049

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -2.410743 X +3.315
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.517
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.267

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -6.258261 X +14.534
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.116
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013