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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:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United Kingdom31.8%
2 Italy30.1%
3 Germany27.5%
4 Australia26.5%
5 France24.9%
6 Canada24.5%
7 Sweden18.9%
8 United States15.3%
9 Japan 13.9%

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 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 1998

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 1.290314 X +6.552
Correlation coefficient (r)0.202
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.041

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -57582.114435 X +65045.804
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.326
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.106

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 1.340672 X +81.404
Correlation coefficient (r)0.042
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -0.281721 X +1.598
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.099
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -44.409938 X +22.875
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.876
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.767