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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:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 54.9%
2 Chile53.9%
3 Israel49.2%
4 Turkiye48.2%
5 Lithuania43.7%
6 Austria40.4%
7 Slovakia38.4%
8 Italy36.7%
9 United States35.9%
10 Switzerland34.7%
11 Czech Republic31.9%
12 New Zealand31.3%
13 Iceland30.7%
14 Republic of Korea30.1%
15 Slovenia29.4%
16 Spain27.5%
17 Hungary24.4%
18 France24.0%
19 Germany22.3%
20 Finland20.9%
21 Norway20.0%
22 Sweden19.8%
23 United Kingdom18.0%
24 Denmark17.4%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 14 countries.

Source
ISSP 2018

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -3.097140 X +7.801
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.500
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.250

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -79487.145769 X +71094.532
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.404
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.163

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -3.172671 X +81.857
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.136
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 0.821501 X +1.319
Correlation coefficient (r)0.256
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.066

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -5.786713 X +15.073
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.111
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012