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Question: Do you agree that your country would be a better country if religion had less influence?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
26 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Slovenia56.8%
2 Israel50.9%
3 Chile50.0%
4 Ireland47.5%
5 Poland42.7%
6 Spain36.6%
7 Portugal35.0%
8 United Kingdom31.8%
9 Italy30.1%
10 Germany27.5%
11 Slovakia26.8%
12 Australia26.5%
13 France24.9%
14 Canada24.5%
15 Netherlands22.4%
15 Norway22.4%
17 Denmark19.9%
18 Sweden 18.9%
19 Austria17.0%
20 Hungary16.4%
21 Czech Republic16.1%
22 United States15.3%
23 Switzerland14.1%
24 Japan13.9%
25 New Zealand13.7%
26 Latvia7.8%

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 12 countries.

Source
ISSP 1998

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -0.167491 X +6.784
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.050
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -27153.807134 X +55262.049
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.139
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.019

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 2.822570 X +79.772
Correlation coefficient (r)0.116
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 0.598652 X +1.450
Correlation coefficient (r)0.242
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.059

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -8.970121 X +12.127
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.422
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.178