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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:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 54.9%
2 Chile53.9%
3 Israel49.2%
4 Turkiye48.2%
5 Lithuania43.7%
6 Austria40.4%
7 Slovakia38.4%
8 Italy36.7%
9 United States35.9%
10 Switzerland34.7%
11 Czech Republic31.9%
12 New Zealand31.3%
13 Iceland30.7%
14 Republic of Korea30.1%
15 Slovenia29.4%
16 Spain27.5%
17 Hungary24.4%
18 France24.0%
19 Germany22.3%
20 Finland20.9%
21 Norway20.0%
22 Sweden19.8%
23 United Kingdom18.0%
24 Denmark17.4%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 14 countries.

Source
ISSP 2018

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -2.512324 X +7.549
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.457
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.209

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -83379.615948 X +72743.044
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.384
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.147

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -6.097018 X +82.549
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.212
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.045

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 0.566790 X +1.420
Correlation coefficient (r)0.167
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.028

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -3.060536 X +11.314
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.078
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006