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Question: Do you believe in religious miracles?
Choices: "Yes, Definitely" "Yes, Probably" "No, Probably Not" "No, Definitely Not"
Data: % of "Yes, Definitely" "Yes, Probably"
Period:
Area:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Chile80.5%
2 Portugal79.2%
3 United States78.5%
4 Italy71.9%
5 Ireland70.7%
6 Poland65.8%
7 Austria65.3%
8 Israel61.2%
9 Switzerland 60.3%
10 Slovenia58.3%
11 Canada54.5%
12 Slovakia52.7%
13 Germany49.8%
14 New Zealand46.1%
15 Spain46.0%
16 Netherlands40.2%
17 Norway38.3%
18 United Kingdom38.0%
19 France36.7%
20 Latvia34.6%
21 Czech Republic31.8%
22 Hungary31.1%
23 Japan27.7%
24 Sweden27.1%
25 Denmark25.0%

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 13 countries.

Source
ISSP 1998

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -0.569811 X +7.015
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.224
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.050

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 3879.480329 X +45200.927
Correlation coefficient (r)0.026
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -0.725254 X +80.801
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.040
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -0.075803 X +1.648
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.040
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -3.669310 X +11.482
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.227
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.052