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Question: Do you believe in heaven?
Choices: "Yes, Definitely" "Yes, Probably" "No, Probably Not" "No, Definitely Not"
Data: % of "Yes, Definitely" "Yes, Probably"
Period:
Area:
29 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Philippines96.3%
2 United States85.8%
3 Ireland84.3%
4 Chile82.3%
5 Poland78.2%
6 Cyprus76.9%
7 Portugal76.1%
8 Italy67.7%
9 Canada63.0%
10 Israel60.7%
11 New Zealand58.2%
12 Slovakia56.8%
13 United Kingdom52.7%
14 Switzerland52.4%
15 Spain51.2%
16 Netherlands48.2%
17 Austria45.3%
18 Japan 44.3%
19 Norway40.8%
20 Hungary36.2%
21 Slovenia35.1%
22 Germany34.0%
23 Latvia32.9%
24 France32.7%
25 Denmark32.4%
26 Russian Federation30.8%
27 Czech Republic28.9%
28 Sweden28.2%
29 Bulgaria26.5%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 209 countries.

Source
ISSP 1998

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -0.312399 X +6.769
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.122
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.015

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 2003.890369 X +41829.487
Correlation coefficient (r)0.015
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -0.581834 X +79.695
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.027
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 0.280537 X +1.485
Correlation coefficient (r)0.152
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.023

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -8.289360 X +13.855
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.431
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.186