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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:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Cyprus88.8%
2 Japan87.1%
3 Austria86.9%
4 Bulgaria86.7%
5 France85.2%
6 Italy84.4%
7 Denmark83.8%
8 Spain83.1%
9 Hungary81.9%
10 Ireland81.8%
11 Canada80.8%
11 Portugal80.8%
13 Latvia80.1%
14 Russian Federation80.0%
14 Slovenia80.0%
16 Germany78.7%
17 Norway78.0%
17 Poland78.0%
19 Netherlands77.4%
20 Syrian Arab Republic76.8%
21 Czech Republic76.4%
21 Slovakia76.4%
23 Australia74.4%
24 United States74.3%
25 New Zealand73.1%
26 Chile71.0%
27 Switzerland70.2%
28 Israel68.5%
29 Philippines 66.7%
30 Uruguay66.2%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 208 countries.

Source
ISSP 1998

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -2.143507 X +8.324
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.217
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.047

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 1439.433129 X +40105.271
Correlation coefficient (r)0.003
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 10.412211 X +71.341
Correlation coefficient (r)0.172
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.030

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -3.598285 X +4.476
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.557
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.310

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 2.193922 X +10.339
Correlation coefficient (r)0.025
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001