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Question: Do you agree that religious leaders should not try to influence government decisions?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 85.1%
2 Germany79.1%
3 Italy79.0%
4 France78.3%
5 Australia73.2%
6 Republic of Korea72.1%
7 United Kingdom69.1%
8 United States67.8%
9 Sweden66.8%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. Italy: unweighted sum of 2008 and 2010 surveys. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2008

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -4.455534 X +10.056
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.555
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.308

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -118558.705502 X +137798.902
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.591
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.349

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 17.488673 X +68.882
Correlation coefficient (r)0.520
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.270

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -0.805178 X +2.069
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.171
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.029

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -15.294498 X +25.606
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.151
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.023