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Question: Thinking about what it means to be a good member of society, how important are the following aspects? - Attending religious services regularly
Choices: "Very important" "Somewhat important" "Not too important" "Not at all important"
Data: % of "Very important" "Somewhat important"
Period:
Area:
10 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States45.7%
2 Republic of Korea43.1%
3 Italy40.5%
4 Canada39.5%
5 United Kingdom39.4%
6 France29.0%
7 Japan22.4%
8 Germany20.8%
9 Australia20.4%
10 Sweden 18.4%

Note
Don't know/ Refused are excluded.

Source
Pew Research Center "Global Attitudes & Trends" Spring 2022. For the United States, Pew Research Center "American Trends Panel Wave 105" March 2022.

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -1.427482 X +7.110
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.371
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.138

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -2914.781161 X +49860.998
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.022
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -9.880640 X +85.154
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.462
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.213

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = -1.181274 X +1.856
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.428
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.183

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data10
Regression equation
Y = 6.729372 X +8.952
Correlation coefficient (r)0.157
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.025