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Question: Do you agree or disagree that practicing a religion helps people to make friends?
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
47 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Cambodia96.4%
2 Malawi94.3%
3 Ghana92.8%
4 Thailand92.6%
5 Kenya91.8%
6 Indonesia91.4%
7 Nepal89.4%
8 Malaysia88.7%
9 Jordan85.7%
10 Georgia83.3%
11 Nigeria83.2%
12 Philippines80.5%
13 Singapore75.4%
14 United States73.7%
15 Taiwan73.5%
16 South Africa73.4%
17 Suriname73.0%
18 New Zealand70.6%
19 Sri Lanka69.3%
20 Republic of Korea67.1%
21 Algeria64.8%
22 Switzerland62.8%
23 United Kingdom61.9%
24 Viet Nam61.2%
25 Chile60.8%
26 Croatia60.7%
27 Norway59.5%
28 Finland57.7%
28 Slovenia57.7%
30 Italy57.5%
31 Sweden54.8%
32 Czech Republic53.3%
33 Denmark52.9%
34 Germany51.5%
35 Austria49.5%
36 Spain49.3%
37 Slovakia48.0%
38 Russian Federation47.1%
39 Israel45.7%
40 Hungary43.4%
41 Lithuania41.9%
42 Iceland39.5%
43 France38.8%
44 Turkiye33.6%
45 Bulgaria27.3%
46 Mongolia26.0%
47 Japan 14.1%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 191 countries.

Source
ISSP 2018

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data46
Regression equation
Y = -2.448390 X +7.576
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.480
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.230

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data47
Regression equation
Y = -43403.437901 X +55794.311
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.318
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.101

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data46
Regression equation
Y = -17.842104 X +86.866
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.494
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.244

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data46
Regression equation
Y = 1.688843 X +0.940
Correlation coefficient (r)0.417
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.174

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data46
Regression equation
Y = -4.423896 X +12.981
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.161
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.026