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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:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 63.0%
2 Republic of Korea33.5%
3 Italy27.7%
4 United States24.9%
5 Australia22.0%
6 United Kingdom21.0%
7 Sweden20.6%
8 France19.5%
9 Germany17.6%

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 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2008

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -2.584203 X +7.454
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.729
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.531

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -38713.089465 X +60217.700
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.437
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.191

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 7.589663 X +79.805
Correlation coefficient (r)0.511
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.261

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -0.937499 X +1.729
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.451
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.203

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 11.854509 X +10.921
Correlation coefficient (r)0.266
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.071