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Question: Do you believe in the supernatural powers of deceased ancestors?
Choices: "Yes, Definitely" "Yes, Probably" "No, Probably Not" "No, Definitely Not"
Data: % of "Yes, Definitely" "Yes, Probably"
Period:
Area:
47 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Cambodia83.0%
2 Nepal78.1%
3 Viet Nam69.7%
4 Thailand66.8%
5 Mongolia64.4%
6 Algeria60.7%
7 Georgia60.5%
8 Nigeria59.4%
9 South Africa55.8%
10 Suriname55.5%
11 Japan54.9%
12 Chile53.9%
13 Indonesia51.5%
14 Taiwan50.9%
15 Philippines50.6%
16 Ghana50.1%
17 Israel49.2%
18 Turkiye48.2%
19 Lithuania43.7%
19 Russian Federation43.7%
21 Singapore41.2%
22 Austria40.4%
23 Slovakia38.4%
24 Italy36.7%
24 Malaysia36.7%
26 Kenya36.1%
27 United States35.9%
28 Switzerland34.7%
29 Sri Lanka33.9%
30 Czech Republic31.9%
31 New Zealand31.3%
32 Croatia31.2%
33 Iceland30.7%
34 Republic of Korea30.1%
35 Slovenia29.4%
36 Malawi28.1%
37 Spain27.5%
38 Bulgaria25.4%
39 Hungary24.4%
40 France24.0%
41 Germany22.3%
42 Finland 20.9%
43 Norway20.0%
44 Sweden19.8%
45 United Kingdom18.0%
46 Jordan17.8%
47 Denmark17.4%

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 = -2.713653 X +7.161
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.433
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.187

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data47
Regression equation
Y = -83746.584818 X +62220.424
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.535
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.286

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data46
Regression equation
Y = -17.410630 X +83.646
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.454
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.206

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data46
Regression equation
Y = 1.593123 X +1.350
Correlation coefficient (r)0.320
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.102

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data46
Regression equation
Y = -6.057546 X +14.111
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.150
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022