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Question: Do you believe in hell?
Choices: "Yes, Definitely" "Yes, Probably" "No, Probably Not" "No, Definitely Not"
Data: % of "Yes, Definitely" "Yes, Probably"
Period:
Area:
29 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Philippines87.7%
2 Cyprus75.5%
3 Uruguay74.4%
4 Poland67.5%
5 Portugal64.0%
6 Chile58.9%
7 Italy58.6%
8 Israel57.5%
9 Ireland53.3%
10 Slovakia48.9%
11 Canada45.9%
12 Spain37.5%
13 Japan 36.7%
13 New Zealand36.7%
15 United States32.0%
16 Slovenia31.5%
17 Latvia31.4%
18 Austria30.9%
19 Russian Federation30.8%
20 Syrian Arab Republic29.7%
21 Hungary27.8%
22 Netherlands25.6%
23 Bulgaria25.2%
24 Germany23.0%
25 Czech Republic21.9%
26 France20.0%
27 Norway19.1%
28 Denmark15.6%
29 Switzerland13.6%

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 data28
Regression equation
Y = -0.849125 X +6.921
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.333
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.111

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -56594.308237 X +64783.909
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.417
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.174

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -4.061949 X +80.475
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.177
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.031

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 0.253316 X +1.565
Correlation coefficient (r)0.117
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -5.487655 X +11.750
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.244
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.060