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Question: Do you agree that religious leaders should not try to influence how people vote in elections?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Germany86.0%
2 France85.6%
3 Japan85.3%
4 Italy81.4%
6 United Kingdom 76.1%
9 United States72.8%

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 = -2.225838 X +8.338
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.444
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.197

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -214574.444872 X +224499.616
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.710
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.504

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 26.408677 X +60.106
Correlation coefficient (r)0.640
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.410

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -1.114748 X +2.404
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.281
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.079

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -15.252214 X +21.698
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.232
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.054