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Question: Do you believe in the supernatural powers of deceased ancestors?
Choices: "Yes, Definitely" "Yes, Probably" "No, Probably Not" "No, Definitely Not"
Data: % of "Yes, Definitely" "Yes, Probably"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan63.0%
3 Italy27.7%
4 United States24.9%
6 United Kingdom21.0%
8 France19.5%
9 Germany17.6%

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 = -1.451194 X +6.951
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.886
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.785

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -44623.499087 X +63183.670
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.452
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.204

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 6.696054 X +79.611
Correlation coefficient (r)0.497
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.247

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -0.780047 X +1.724
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.602
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.362

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 7.735750 X +7.074
Correlation coefficient (r)0.360
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.130