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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:
29 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Philippines57.6%
2 South Africa41.8%
3 Suriname31.9%
4 Thailand19.0%
5 Croatia18.7%
6 Italy13.2%
7 Bulgaria12.3%
8 Austria12.0%
9 Czech Republic11.6%
10 Chile11.4%
11 New Zealand8.9%
11 Taiwan8.9%
13 Russian Federation8.2%
14 Israel7.8%
14 Slovenia7.8%
16 United States7.7%
16 Venezuela7.7%
18 Lithuania7.0%
19 Denmark6.6%
20 Germany6.5%
21 Iceland5.9%
22 Australia5.8%
23 United Kingdom5.5%
24 Sweden5.3%
25 Norway4.8%
26 Finland 3.8%
27 France3.2%
28 Japan2.3%
28 Switzerland2.3%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 209 countries.

Source
ISSP 2019

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -3.173061 X +6.993
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.474
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.225

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -125101.276065 X +53908.342
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.588
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.346

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -28.102848 X +82.178
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.702
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.493

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = 1.741423 X +1.502
Correlation coefficient (r)0.553
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.306

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -0.471381 X +13.439
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.009
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000