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Question: What best describes you?
Choices: "I follow a religion and consider myself to be a spiritual person interested in the sacred or the supernatural." "I follow a religion, but don't consider myself to be a spiritual person interested in the sacred or the supernatural." "I don't follow a religion, but consider myself to be a spiritual person interested in the sacred or the supernatural." "I don't follow a religion and don't consider myself to be a spiritual person interested in the sacred or the supernatural."
Data: % of "I follow a religion and consider myself to be a spiritual person interested in the sacred or the supernatural." and "I don't follow a religion, but consider myself to be a spiritual person interested in the sacred or the supernatural."
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States66.2%
2 Italy42.4%
3 Japan 38.7%
4 United Kingdom35.7%
5 France34.3%
6 Germany28.8%
7 Sweden26.3%
8 Republic of Korea23.1%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2018

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.472436 X +6.509
Correlation coefficient (r)0.126
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 45626.257928 X +30862.426
Correlation coefficient (r)0.509
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.259

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -11.442333 X +85.977
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.709
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.503

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.680801 X +1.204
Correlation coefficient (r)0.296
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.088

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -12.904008 X +19.191
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.260
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.068