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Question: Do you agree or disagree that practicing a religion helps people to gain comfort in times of trouble or sorrow?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States93.5%
2 Germany84.5%
3 Republic of Korea81.8%
4 Sweden80.2%
5 France 79.9%
6 United Kingdom79.8%
7 Italy75.1%
8 Japan42.0%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2018

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.408170 X +5.488
Correlation coefficient (r)0.503
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.253

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 57529.522707 X +1826.613
Correlation coefficient (r)0.592
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.350

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -11.164227 X +90.370
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.666
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.444

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.566801 X +1.020
Correlation coefficient (r)0.265
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.070

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 2.755764 X +9.052
Correlation coefficient (r)0.080
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006