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Question: Do you believe in life after death?
Choices: "Yes, Definitely" "Yes, Probably" "No, Probably Not" "No, Definitely Not"
Data: % of "Yes, Definitely" "Yes, Probably"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States78.6%
2 Italy68.5%
3 United Kingdom60.9%
4 Japan58.8%
8 France42.6%
9 Germany40.5%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. Italy: unweighted sum of 2008 and 2010 surveys. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2008

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -0.222087 X +6.661
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.117
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 48490.357903 X +21987.206
Correlation coefficient (r)0.424
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.180

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -5.788940 X +84.926
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.371
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.138

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -0.274268 X +1.658
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.183
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.033

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 5.806397 X +5.927
Correlation coefficient (r)0.233
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.054