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Question: What best describes you?
Choices: "I follow a religion and consider myself to be a spiritual person interested in the sacred or the supernatural." "I follow a religion, but don't consider myself to be a spiritual person interested in the sacred or the supernatural." "I don't follow a religion, but consider myself to be a spiritual person interested in the sacred or the supernatural." "I don't follow a religion and don't consider myself to be a spiritual person interested in the sacred or the supernatural."
Data: % of "I follow a religion and consider myself to be a spiritual person interested in the sacred or the supernatural." and "I don't follow a religion, but consider myself to be a spiritual person interested in the sacred or the supernatural."
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States66.2%
2 Italy42.4%
3 Japan38.7%
4 United Kingdom35.7%
5 France 34.3%
6 Germany28.8%
7 Sweden26.3%
8 Republic of Korea23.1%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2018

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.030936 X +6.585
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.010
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 68490.193258 X +20883.310
Correlation coefficient (r)0.626
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.392

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -14.342724 X +87.060
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.761
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.579

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.717949 X +1.192
Correlation coefficient (r)0.298
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.089

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -4.400663 X +12.802
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.114
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013