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Question: Do you think that churches and religious organizations in this country have too much power or too little power?
Choices: "Far too much power" "Too much power" "About the right amount of power" "Too little power" "Far too little power"
Data: % of "Far too much power" "Too much power"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan57.5%
2 Italy47.9%
3 Germany46.5%
4 Australia31.7%
5 United States30.7%
6 France 29.8%
7 Canada28.4%

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 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 1998

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -2.406518 X +7.565
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.817
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.667

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -95262.283120 X +87832.675
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.692
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.479

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 9.019215 X +78.289
Correlation coefficient (r)0.393
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.154

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.303769 X +2.043
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.696
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.484

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -8.646230 X +13.450
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.309
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.095