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Question: Do you agree that religious leaders should not try to influence government decisions?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan87.4%
2 Italy75.9%
3 Germany74.4%
4 France 73.7%
5 Canada67.9%
6 United States65.7%
7 Australia63.1%

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 = -3.877459 X +9.442
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.926
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.857

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -164389.117125 X +170071.443
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.840
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.706

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 15.380575 X +70.636
Correlation coefficient (r)0.472
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.223

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.508749 X +2.631
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.567
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.321

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -8.531355 X +16.277
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.215
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.046