Table 1.

Percentages of people in Denmark, Great Britain and the USA answering Yes to questions on religiousness in the dimensions; Cognition, Practice and Importance, doing and being

Answering yes, percentages (Excluding “don’t know”)	Dimension of religiosity	DK Twinsa	DKb	Great Britain	USAc
Do you believe in God?	Cognition	41 %	64 %	68 %b	89 %
Do you believe in life after death?	Cognition	42 %	36 %	55 %b	72 %*
Do you pray once a week or more?	Practice	11 %	17 %	29 %b	66 %
Do you attend Church once a month or more?	Practice	6 %	10 %	23 %c	44 %
Do you find comfort in religion?	Importance	26 %	35 %	42 %b	69 %**
Is God important in your life? Answering on a Likert scale from 0 to 10, dichotomized at 5	Importance	19 %	27 %	50 %c	79 %

^aFrom the present study

^bFrom The European Values Study 2008

^cFrom The World Values Survey 2010–2014

* “Do you believe in hell?”

** “Do you find religion important?”