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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:
6 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan87.4%
2 Italy75.9%
3 Germany74.4%
4 France 73.7%
5 Canada67.9%
6 United States65.7%

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 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 1998

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -2.971592 X +8.776
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.901
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.812

Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -3.642317 X +9.258
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.898
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.806

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -199361.150151 X +200226.353
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.820
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.672

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 21.299219 X +66.053
Correlation coefficient (r)0.757
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.573

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -1.417759 X +2.440
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.520
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.270

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 9.821902 X +2.990
Correlation coefficient (r)0.188
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035