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Question: How important is a person's religion for getting ahead in life?
Choices: "Essential" "Very important" "Fairly important" "Not very important" "Not important at all"
Data: % of "Essential" "Very important"
Period:
Area:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy13.2%
2 Austria12.0%
3 Czech Republic11.6%
4 Chile11.4%
5 New Zealand8.9%
6 Israel7.8%
6 Slovenia7.8%
8 United States7.7%
9 Lithuania7.0%
10 Denmark6.6%
11 Germany6.5%
12 Iceland5.9%
13 Australia5.8%
14 United Kingdom5.5%
15 Sweden5.3%
16 Norway4.8%
17 Finland3.8%
18 France3.2%
19 Japan 2.3%
19 Switzerland2.3%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 18 countries.

Source
ISSP 2019

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -3.539038 X +7.187
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.255
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.065

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -301116.032674 X +74848.787
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.439
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.193

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -23.261968 X +83.051
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.351
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.123

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 0.629739 X +1.523
Correlation coefficient (r)0.058
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -31.563732 X +12.647
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.282
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.080