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Question: How important is a person's religion for getting ahead in life?
Choices: "Essential" "Very important" "Fairly important" "Not very important" "Not important at all"
Data: % of "Essential" "Very important"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy13.2%
2 United States7.7%
3 Germany6.5%
4 Australia5.8%
5 United Kingdom5.5%
6 Sweden5.3%
7 France 3.2%
8 Japan2.3%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2019

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.748827 X +6.745
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.063
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 6961.984839 X +49800.602
Correlation coefficient (r)0.016
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -18.512507 X +82.883
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.244
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.060

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -2.550522 X +1.727
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.424
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.180

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -54.000682 X +13.279
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.538
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.289