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Question: Do you agree or disagree that practicing a religion helps people to make friends?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States73.7%
2 New Zealand70.6%
3 Republic of Korea67.1%
4 Switzerland62.8%
5 United Kingdom61.9%
6 Chile60.8%
7 Norway59.5%
8 Finland57.7%
8 Slovenia57.7%
10 Italy57.5%
11 Sweden54.8%
12 Czech Republic53.3%
13 Denmark52.9%
14 Germany51.5%
15 Austria49.5%
16 Spain49.3%
17 Slovakia48.0%
18 Israel 45.7%
19 Hungary43.4%
20 Lithuania41.9%
21 Iceland39.5%
22 France38.8%
23 Turkiye33.6%
24 Japan14.1%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 14 countries.

Source
ISSP 2018

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 1.541302 X +5.929
Correlation coefficient (r)0.322
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.104

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 60662.878237 X +15906.883
Correlation coefficient (r)0.340
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.116

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 0.793622 X +80.538
Correlation coefficient (r)0.042
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -0.401331 X +1.734
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.141
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 5.491006 X +7.465
Correlation coefficient (r)0.161
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.026