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Question: Do you agree that there is a God who concerns Himself with every human being personally?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Philippines87.9%
2 Ireland77.7%
3 Chile76.3%
4 Poland74.0%
5 Portugal73.7%
6 United States73.2%
7 Cyprus70.5%
8 Israel64.9%
9 Italy57.6%
10 Slovakia56.7%
11 Canada48.7%
12 Switzerland46.5%
13 Latvia45.8%
14 Spain43.6%
15 New Zealand40.8%
16 Austria39.0%
17 Russian Federation38.1%
18 Denmark37.8%
19 Australia37.4%
20 Bulgaria36.9%
21 United Kingdom35.3%
22 Netherlands32.7%
22 Norway32.7%
24 Hungary31.0%
25 France28.5%
26 Japan 27.5%
27 Slovenia26.9%
28 Germany25.1%
29 Sweden23.6%
30 Czech Republic23.0%

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 data30
Regression equation
Y = -0.684082 X +6.941
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.250
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.062

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -13862.985930 X +50154.881
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.100
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -5.546889 X +82.130
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.243
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.059

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 0.454136 X +1.422
Correlation coefficient (r)0.233
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.054

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -7.852941 X +13.216
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.386
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.149