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Question: Do you agree that religious leaders should not try to influence how people vote in elections?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
44 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Taiwan91.4%
2 Poland87.5%
3 Denmark87.1%
4 Germany86.0%
5 France85.6%
6 Japan85.3%
7 Croatia84.6%
8 Spain84.3%
9 Russian Federation83.7%
10 Finland 83.6%
11 Netherlands83.2%
12 Norway82.9%
13 Slovenia82.7%
14 Ukraine82.5%
15 Italy81.4%
16 Australia81.0%
17 Switzerland80.5%
18 Cyprus80.0%
19 Turkiye79.9%
20 Austria79.6%
21 Belgium78.7%
22 Ireland77.6%
23 New Zealand77.4%
24 United Kingdom76.1%
25 Portugal75.9%
26 Republic of Korea75.4%
27 Latvia75.2%
28 Slovakia74.3%
29 Sweden74.1%
30 South Africa73.8%
31 Czech Republic73.7%
32 Hungary73.5%
33 Chile73.2%
34 United States72.8%
35 Indonesia71.4%
36 Sri Lanka69.2%
37 Mexico68.9%
38 Uruguay68.2%
39 Philippines65.7%
40 Kenya65.1%
41 Israel61.2%
42 Dominican Republic61.1%
43 Tanzania60.6%
44 Venezuela51.1%

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 = 5.082033 X +2.413
Correlation coefficient (r)0.452
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.204

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data44
Regression equation
Y = 129149.094784 X -65098.228
Correlation coefficient (r)0.419
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.176

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data43
Regression equation
Y = 31.558813 X +54.118
Correlation coefficient (r)0.511
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.261

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data43
Regression equation
Y = -5.409390 X +5.912
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.675
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.456

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data43
Regression equation
Y = 30.820362 X -11.241
Correlation coefficient (r)0.389
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.151