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Question: Do you agree that religious leaders should not try to influence government decisions?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
44 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Taiwan89.5%
2 Poland86.6%
3 Japan85.1%
4 Denmark83.0%
5 Slovenia82.5%
6 Spain82.2%
7 Switzerland81.9%
8 Croatia80.5%
9 Turkiye79.8%
10 Germany79.1%
11 Italy79.0%
12 Netherlands78.7%
13 France78.3%
14 Russian Federation78.0%
15 Cyprus77.2%
16 Ukraine76.8%
17 Belgium75.4%
18 Ireland73.9%
19 Australia73.2%
20 Portugal72.9%
21 Finland 72.7%
22 Austria72.2%
23 Republic of Korea72.1%
24 Hungary70.6%
25 Chile70.5%
26 Slovakia70.2%
27 Czech Republic69.4%
28 Norway69.1%
28 United Kingdom69.1%
30 Mexico68.5%
30 South Africa68.5%
32 United States67.8%
33 Uruguay67.5%
34 Sweden66.8%
35 New Zealand65.8%
36 Philippines64.0%
37 Latvia62.7%
38 Indonesia61.0%
39 Dominican Republic59.7%
40 Tanzania56.2%
41 Israel54.9%
42 Kenya51.2%
43 Sri Lanka48.4%
44 Venezuela47.5%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. Italy: unweighted sum of 2008 and 2010 surveys. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 194 countries.

Source
ISSP 2008

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data44
Regression equation
Y = 4.038593 X +3.420
Correlation coefficient (r)0.422
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.178

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data44
Regression equation
Y = 90209.819172 X -30646.826
Correlation coefficient (r)0.344
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.118

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data43
Regression equation
Y = 25.359041 X +60.168
Correlation coefficient (r)0.480
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.230

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data43
Regression equation
Y = -4.432588 X +4.936
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.647
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.419

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data43
Regression equation
Y = 20.724477 X -2.465
Correlation coefficient (r)0.306
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.094