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Question: Do you agree or disagree that practicing a religion helps people to gain comfort in times of trouble or sorrow?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States93.5%
2 Switzerland86.3%
3 Germany84.5%
4 Iceland83.2%
5 New Zealand82.8%
6 Denmark82.6%
6 Finland82.6%
8 Norway82.1%
8 Slovenia82.1%
10 Republic of Korea81.8%
11 Sweden 80.2%
12 France79.9%
13 United Kingdom79.8%
14 Israel79.3%
15 Italy75.1%
15 Spain75.1%
17 Austria74.8%
18 Turkiye70.8%
19 Chile70.2%
20 Czech Republic68.0%
21 Slovakia63.9%
22 Lithuania63.3%
23 Hungary55.5%
24 Japan42.0%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 14 countries.

Source
ISSP 2018

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 2.813973 X +4.595
Correlation coefficient (r)0.505
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.255

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 131601.247993 X -54248.588
Correlation coefficient (r)0.599
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.359

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 9.278305 X +73.525
Correlation coefficient (r)0.319
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.102

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 0.487140 X +1.235
Correlation coefficient (r)0.142
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -0.646820 X +10.805
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.016
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000