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Question: How important is a person's religion for getting ahead in life?
Choices: "Essential" "Very important" "Fairly important" "Not very important" "Not important at all"
Data: % of "Essential" "Very important"
Period:
Area:
29 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Philippines57.6%
2 South Africa41.8%
3 Suriname31.9%
4 Thailand19.0%
5 Croatia18.7%
6 Italy13.2%
7 Bulgaria12.3%
8 Austria12.0%
9 Czech Republic11.6%
10 Chile11.4%
11 New Zealand8.9%
11 Taiwan8.9%
13 Russian Federation8.2%
14 Israel7.8%
14 Slovenia7.8%
16 United States7.7%
16 Venezuela7.7%
18 Lithuania7.0%
19 Denmark6.6%
20 Germany6.5%
21 Iceland5.9%
22 Australia5.8%
23 United Kingdom5.5%
24 Sweden5.3%
25 Norway4.8%
26 Finland3.8%
27 France3.2%
28 Japan 2.3%
28 Switzerland2.3%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 209 countries.

Source
ISSP 2019

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -2.700542 X +6.930
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.491
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.241

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -126392.001573 X +54763.771
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.564
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.318

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -32.270664 X +82.212
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.698
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.487

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 1.937017 X +1.510
Correlation coefficient (r)0.569
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.324

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 6.049501 X +10.345
Correlation coefficient (r)0.129
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017