About 68 percent of adults across the world say that religion is important in their daily lives. Religious belief and practice is more common in countries where life is harder. In the U.S. religious is belief is higher in states where life is harder.
全世界68%的人认为在他们的生活中宗教信仰很重要。在生活艰辛的国家中，宗教信仰和行为非常普遍。在美国生活艰辛的地区，宗教信仰程度也较高。
While there is no difference in life satisfaction between more and less religious countries, in countries where life is harder there is significantly more positive emotion and less negative emotion among those who are more religious.
虽然谈及生活满意度，宗教信仰多的国家和宗教信仰少的国家并没有多大差别，但在那些生活艰辛的国家里，更加虔诚的人们会散发更多的积极情绪和更少的消极情绪。