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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:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 63.0%
2 Turkiye52.8%
3 Chile41.3%
4 Mexico40.7%
5 Ireland38.0%
6 Israel37.2%
7 Austria33.7%
7 Latvia33.7%
9 Republic of Korea33.5%
10 Poland33.1%
11 Switzerland30.5%
12 Portugal29.3%
13 New Zealand28.7%
14 Italy27.7%
15 Netherlands27.0%
16 Slovenia25.7%
17 Spain25.1%
18 United States24.9%
19 Slovakia23.1%
20 Australia22.0%
21 Norway21.6%
22 United Kingdom21.0%
23 Hungary20.8%
24 Sweden20.6%
25 Czech Republic19.7%
26 France19.5%
27 Finland17.7%
28 Germany17.6%
29 Belgium16.1%
30 Denmark13.8%

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 8 countries.

Source
ISSP 2008

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -2.845386 X +7.503
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.544
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.296

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -64239.483739 X +63212.437
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.272
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.074

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -4.053750 X +81.328
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.121
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 0.061013 X +1.586
Correlation coefficient (r)0.019
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -5.861118 X +11.595
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.166
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.028