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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:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 87.1%
2 Austria86.9%
3 France85.2%
4 Italy84.4%
5 Denmark83.8%
6 Spain83.1%
7 Hungary81.9%
8 Ireland81.8%
9 Canada80.8%
9 Portugal80.8%
11 Latvia80.1%
12 Slovenia80.0%
13 Germany78.7%
14 Norway78.0%
14 Poland78.0%
16 Netherlands77.4%
17 Czech Republic76.4%
17 Slovakia76.4%
19 Australia74.4%
20 United States74.3%
21 New Zealand73.1%
22 Chile71.0%
23 Switzerland70.2%
24 Israel68.5%

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 14 countries.

Source
ISSP 1998

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -2.848744 X +8.958
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.329
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.108

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -83752.286917 X +113639.689
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.161
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.026

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 7.003180 X +74.903
Correlation coefficient (r)0.109
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -3.321907 X +4.232
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.501
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.251

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 1.632533 X +8.397
Correlation coefficient (r)0.030
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001