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Place of religion in life in Belgium and the Netherlands 2017
How important is religion in your life?*
by Brigitte van de Pas,
last edited
Aug 9, 2018
This statistic displays the place of religion in life in Belgium and the Netherlands in 2017. The majority of the respondents participating in this survey in both countries said that religion did not play a really important part in their lives. In Belgium, 64 percent of the participants stated that religion does not play too much of a role or not at all an important role in their life. In the Netherlands, this was 56 percent of the respondents.
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by Brigitte van de Pas,
last edited
Aug 9, 2018
This statistic displays the place of religion in life in Belgium and the Netherlands in 2017. The majority of the respondents participating in this survey in both countries said that religion did not play a really important part in their lives. In Belgium, 64 percent of the participants stated that religion does not play too much of a role or not at all an important role in their life. In the Netherlands, this was 56 percent of the respondents.
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- May 2018
- Region
- Belgium, Netherlands
- Survey time period
- April 2017 to August 2017
- Number of respondents
- 1,500 (Belgium) and 1,497 (the Netherlands)
- Age group
- 18 years and older
- Method of interview
- Telephone interview
- Supplementary notes
- * The source does not provide information on the original wording used during the survey. Thus, the wording chosen for this statistic may differ slightly from the one in the survey.
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- Release date
- May 2018
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- Region
- Belgium, Netherlands
- Survey time period
- April 2017 to August 2017
- Number of respondents
- 1,500 (Belgium) and 1,497 (the Netherlands)
- Age group
- 18 years and older
- Method of interview
- Telephone interview
- Supplementary notes
- * The source does not provide information on the original wording used during the survey. Thus, the wording chosen for this statistic may differ slightly from the one in the survey.
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