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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:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Poland87.5%
2 Denmark87.1%
3 Germany86.0%
4 France85.6%
5 Japan 85.3%
6 Spain84.3%
7 Finland83.6%
8 Netherlands83.2%
9 Norway82.9%
10 Slovenia82.7%
11 Italy81.4%
12 Australia81.0%
13 Switzerland80.5%
14 Turkiye79.9%
15 Austria79.6%
16 Belgium78.7%
17 Ireland77.6%
18 New Zealand77.4%
19 United Kingdom76.1%
20 Portugal75.9%
21 Republic of Korea75.4%
22 Latvia75.2%
23 Slovakia74.3%
24 Sweden74.1%
25 Czech Republic73.7%
26 Hungary73.5%
27 Chile73.2%
28 United States72.8%
29 Mexico68.9%
30 Israel61.2%

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 = 0.545507 X +6.259
Correlation coefficient (r)0.057
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 68016.603473 X -8664.687
Correlation coefficient (r)0.157
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.025

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 22.211483 X +62.704
Correlation coefficient (r)0.360
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.130

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -2.988664 X +3.953
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.516
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.266

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 1.362704 X +8.844
Correlation coefficient (r)0.021
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000