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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:
44 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan63.0%
2 Taiwan60.9%
3 South Africa56.7%
4 Turkiye52.8%
5 Tanzania48.7%
5 Ukraine48.7%
7 Indonesia47.0%
8 Chile41.3%
8 Philippines 41.3%
10 Russian Federation41.2%
11 Mexico40.7%
12 Ireland38.0%
13 Israel37.2%
13 Sri Lanka37.2%
15 Dominican Republic35.1%
16 Venezuela34.3%
17 Austria33.7%
17 Latvia33.7%
19 Republic of Korea33.5%
20 Poland33.1%
21 Switzerland30.5%
22 Portugal29.3%
23 New Zealand28.7%
24 Kenya28.3%
25 Italy27.7%
25 Uruguay27.7%
27 Netherlands27.0%
28 Slovenia25.7%
29 Spain25.1%
30 United States24.9%
31 Slovakia23.1%
32 Australia22.0%
33 Norway21.6%
34 United Kingdom21.0%
35 Hungary20.8%
36 Sweden20.6%
37 Czech Republic19.7%
38 France19.5%
39 Finland17.7%
40 Germany17.6%
41 Belgium16.1%
42 Denmark13.8%
43 Croatia13.5%
44 Cyprus10.8%

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 = -4.000042 X +7.567
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.539
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.291

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data44
Regression equation
Y = -78623.281869 X +58582.286
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.386
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.149

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data43
Regression equation
Y = -19.041405 X +84.047
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.453
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.205

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data43
Regression equation
Y = 1.868932 X +1.214
Correlation coefficient (r)0.343
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.118

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data43
Regression equation
Y = -2.455830 X +12.997
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.046
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002