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Question: Do you agree or disagree that practicing a religion helps people to gain comfort in times of trouble or sorrow?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
47 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Indonesia97.8%
2 Kenya96.6%
3 Jordan96.4%
4 Malawi95.9%
5 Ghana93.6%
6 United States93.5%
7 Malaysia92.1%
8 Sri Lanka91.6%
9 Georgia91.2%
10 Cambodia90.8%
11 Nepal90.1%
12 Thailand87.0%
13 Switzerland86.3%
14 Germany84.5%
15 Taiwan83.6%
16 Iceland83.2%
16 Nigeria83.2%
18 New Zealand82.8%
19 Singapore82.7%
20 Denmark82.6%
20 Finland82.6%
22 Algeria82.2%
23 Norway82.1%
23 Slovenia 82.1%
25 Suriname81.9%
26 Republic of Korea81.8%
27 Philippines81.6%
28 Sweden80.2%
29 France79.9%
30 United Kingdom79.8%
31 Israel79.3%
32 Croatia77.2%
33 South Africa76.5%
34 Italy75.1%
34 Spain75.1%
36 Austria74.8%
37 Viet Nam71.8%
38 Turkiye70.8%
39 Chile70.2%
40 Czech Republic68.0%
41 Russian Federation65.1%
42 Slovakia63.9%
43 Mongolia63.8%
44 Lithuania63.3%
45 Hungary55.5%
46 Bulgaria54.3%
47 Japan42.0%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 191 countries.

Source
ISSP 2018

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data46
Regression equation
Y = -1.908605 X +7.573
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.219
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.048

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data47
Regression equation
Y = -8215.600083 X +34294.048
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.037
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data46
Regression equation
Y = -11.968098 X +86.045
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.223
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.050

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data46
Regression equation
Y = 2.505240 X +0.008
Correlation coefficient (r)0.360
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.130

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data46
Regression equation
Y = -20.409151 X +27.881
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.361
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.130