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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 Japan 87.4%
2 Bulgaria86.7%
3 Austria82.8%
4 Cyprus82.4%
5 Spain81.0%
6 Ireland79.1%
7 Portugal78.6%
8 Denmark78.5%
9 Slovenia78.3%
10 Poland77.0%
11 Italy75.9%
12 Hungary74.5%
13 Germany74.4%
13 Russian Federation74.4%
15 France73.7%
16 Slovakia73.4%
17 Syrian Arab Republic69.8%
18 Netherlands68.8%
19 Latvia68.4%
20 Chile68.0%
21 Canada67.9%
21 Czech Republic67.9%
23 United States65.7%
24 Philippines64.7%
25 Norway63.8%
26 Australia63.1%
27 Israel62.4%
28 Uruguay59.6%
29 Switzerland56.8%
30 New Zealand54.8%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 208 countries.

Source
ISSP 1998

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -2.855131 X +8.646
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.479
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.229

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -85055.286269 X +103611.568
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.269
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.072

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 0.239213 X +78.798
Correlation coefficient (r)0.004
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -1.832852 X +2.989
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.365
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.133

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -8.867961 X +15.957
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.170
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.029