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Question: How important is a person's religion for getting ahead in life?
Choices: "Essential" "Very important" "Fairly important" "Not very important" "Not important at all"
Data: % of "Essential" "Very important"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy13.2%
2 United States7.7%
3 Germany6.5%
4 Australia5.8%
5 United Kingdom5.5%
6 Sweden5.3%
7 France3.2%
8 Japan 2.3%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2019

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 0.707403 X +6.793
Correlation coefficient (r)0.055
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -36279.172821 X +53551.399
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.101
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.010

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -20.929440 X +83.020
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.323
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.104

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -2.831172 X +1.723
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.507
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.257

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -63.432727 X +16.337
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.614
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.377