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Question: Do you agree that there is a God who concerns Himself with every human being personally?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
26 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Ireland77.7%
2 Chile76.3%
3 Poland74.0%
4 Portugal73.7%
5 United States73.2%
6 Israel64.9%
7 Italy57.6%
8 Slovakia56.7%
9 Canada48.7%
10 Switzerland46.5%
11 Latvia45.8%
12 Spain43.6%
13 New Zealand40.8%
14 Austria 39.0%
15 Denmark37.8%
16 Australia37.4%
17 United Kingdom35.3%
18 Netherlands32.7%
18 Norway32.7%
20 Hungary31.0%
21 France28.5%
22 Japan27.5%
23 Slovenia26.9%
24 Germany25.1%
25 Sweden23.6%
26 Czech Republic23.0%

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 12 countries.

Source
ISSP 1998

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -0.619797 X +7.019
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.253
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.064

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 823.246344 X +47478.565
Correlation coefficient (r)0.006
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -4.169476 X +82.435
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.236
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.056

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 0.092246 X +1.571
Correlation coefficient (r)0.051
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -3.910339 X +11.454
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.253
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.064