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Question: Do you agree or disagree that practicing a religion helps people to find inner peace and happiness?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Turkiye93.8%
2 United States87.3%
3 Chile86.8%
4 Switzerland84.5%
5 Ireland84.4%
6 Portugal83.8%
7 Slovenia83.3%
8 Israel81.9%
9 Poland81.3%
10 Republic of Korea80.3%
11 Mexico80.0%
12 Denmark79.3%
13 Italy78.8%
13 New Zealand78.8%
15 Slovakia76.6%
16 Netherlands76.0%
17 Sweden75.5%
18 Spain74.6%
19 United Kingdom74.5%
20 Australia73.7%
21 Germany72.0%
22 Latvia71.1%
22 Norway71.1%
24 France66.8%
25 Czech Republic63.9%
26 Finland61.7%
27 Japan 61.6%
28 Belgium61.3%
29 Hungary59.6%
30 Austria58.0%

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 8 countries.

Source
ISSP 2008

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -1.888698 X +8.151
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.261
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.068

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -5357.071042 X +48580.801
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.021
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -2.247379 X +82.275
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.078
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 0.798179 X +0.985
Correlation coefficient (r)0.217
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.047

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -19.165751 X +27.080
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.341
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.116