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Question: Thinking about what it means to be a good member of society, how important are the following aspects? - Attending religious services regularly
Choices: "Very important" "Somewhat important" "Not too important" "Not at all important"
Data: % of "Very important" "Somewhat important"
Period:
Area:
19 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Malaysia82.5%
2 Poland60.5%
3 Singapore59.3%
4 Israel51.3%
5 United States45.7%
6 Hungary44.8%
7 Republic of Korea43.1%
8 Italy40.5%
9 Greece39.9%
10 Canada39.5%
11 United Kingdom39.4%
12 Netherlands30.9%
13 France29.0%
14 Belgium28.8%
15 Spain27.1%
16 Japan 22.4%
17 Germany20.8%
18 Australia20.4%
19 Sweden18.4%

Note
Don't know/ Refused are excluded.

No data for 219 countries.

Source
Pew Research Center "Global Attitudes & Trends" Spring 2022. For the United States, Pew Research Center "American Trends Panel Wave 105" March 2022.

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -1.090980 X +7.028
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.380
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.144

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -32365.652507 X +56566.713
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.269
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.072

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -11.769478 X +85.542
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.607
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.368

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 0.234956 X +1.457
Correlation coefficient (r)0.088
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -5.125665 X +11.731
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.197
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.039