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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:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 85.1%
2 Germany79.1%
3 Italy79.0%
4 France78.3%
5 Australia73.2%
6 Republic of Korea72.1%
7 United Kingdom69.1%
8 United States67.8%
9 Sweden66.8%

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 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2008

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -4.222848 X +9.773
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.612
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.375

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -147007.766990 X +157772.898
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.604
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.365

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 18.058252 X +68.480
Correlation coefficient (r)0.462
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.213

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -0.948867 X +2.191
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.188
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -23.005178 X +28.323
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.294
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.086