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Question: Do you agree that there is a God who concerns Himself with every human being personally?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States73.2%
2 Italy57.6%
3 Canada48.7%
4 Australia37.4%
5 United Kingdom35.3%
6 France28.5%
7 Japan 27.5%
8 Germany25.1%
9 Sweden23.6%

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 = -0.074685 X +6.887
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.031
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 17398.598270 X +44492.934
Correlation coefficient (r)0.264
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.070

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -7.719197 X +84.783
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.650
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.423

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -0.263952 X +1.636
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.248
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.062

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -2.203202 X +13.218
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.116
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013