| °Religious beliefs | ||||||||||||||
| Religious beliefs 2007: All answers with ‘very much so’, ‘quite a bit’, in % | ||||||||||||||
| By sex | By age | By denomination | By religiosity | |||||||||||
| Men | Women | 18–39 years | 40–59 years | 60 years and over | Catholic | Protes-tant | No deno-mination | not religious | religious | very religious | ||||
| Do you believe in God or something divine? | 49 | 65 | 55 | 52 | 66 | 62 | 56 | 33 | 3 | 58 | 99 | |||
| Do you believe in an afterlife? | 33 | 49 | 43 | 41 | 39 | 45 | 37 | 31 | 7 | 35 | 81 | |||
| Do you believe in angels? | 19 | 36 | 25 | 30 | 27 | 32 | 21 | 18 | 22 | 61 | ||||
| Do you believe in supernatural powers? | 20 | 30 | 25 | 28 | 21 | 23 | 25 | 20 | 3 | 23 | 49 | |||
| Do you believe in astrology? | 9 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 12 | |||
| Do you believe in demons? | 10 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 32 | |||
| ‘To what extent do your religious beliefs affect the following areas of your life?’ | ||||||||||||||
| All answers ‘very much so’ and ‘quite a bit’ in % 2007 | ||||||||||||||
| By sex | By denomination | |||||||||||||
| Men | Women | Catholic | Protestant | No denomination | ||||||||||
| Birth, marriage or death | 42 | 57 | 58 | 47 | 20 | |||||||||
| Attitude towards nature | 41 | 47 | 45 | 44 | 34 | |||||||||
| Questioning the meaning of life | 39 | 47 | 45 | 43 | 30 | |||||||||
| Coping with life crises | 31 | 45 | 39 | 37 | 25 | |||||||||
| Coping with illness | 28 | 40 | 38 | 30 | 18 | |||||||||
| Bringing up of your children | 27 | 34 | 35 | 26 | 12 | |||||||||
| Relationship with your partner | 24 | 27 | 29 | 21 | 8 | |||||||||
| Work/occupation | 14 | 24 | 22 | 14 | 13 | |||||||||
| Leisure time | 15 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 10 | |||||||||
| Attitude towards sexuality | 16 | 19 | 20 | 13 | 11 | |||||||||
| Political views | 14 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 10 |