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Question: Do you agree or disagree that practicing a religion helps people to find inner peace and happiness?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States87.3%
3 Italy78.8%
5 United Kingdom74.5%
7 Germany72.0%
8 France 66.8%
9 Japan61.6%

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 data6
Regression equation
Y = 1.616146 X +5.343
Correlation coefficient (r)0.522
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.272

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 144302.880376 X -55797.450
Correlation coefficient (r)0.773
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.598

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -20.035270 X +96.276
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.786
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.618

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 0.492554 X +1.136
Correlation coefficient (r)0.201
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.040

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 1.800480 X +7.990
Correlation coefficient (r)0.044
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002