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Question: How important is religion in your life?
Choices: "Very important" "Somewhat important" "Not too important" "Not at all important"
Data: % of "Very important" "Somewhat important"
Period:
Area:
16 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Poland 71.9%
2 Israel65.1%
3 Greece62.3%
4 Italy54.9%
5 Hungary50.5%
6 Republic of Korea49.1%
7 Canada48.6%
8 Spain43.9%
9 Germany43.8%
10 United Kingdom42.4%
11 Belgium40.3%
12 Netherlands39.7%
13 France36.8%
14 Japan33.5%
15 Australia33.0%
16 Sweden26.9%

Note
Don't know/ Refused are excluded.

No data for 22 countries.

Source
Pew Research Center "Global Attitudes & Trends" Spring 2022.

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = -1.188269 X +7.188
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.303
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.092

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = -65698.175082 X +71887.084
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.545
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.297

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = -11.672080 X +86.862
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.526
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.277

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = 0.460145 X +1.340
Correlation coefficient (r)0.124
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data16
Regression equation
Y = -13.083538 X +15.749
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.370
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.137