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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:
6 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy58.6%
2 Canada45.9%
3 Japan36.7%
4 United States32.0%
5 Germany23.0%
6 France 20.0%

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 4 countries.

Source
ISSP 1998

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -0.554898 X +6.756
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.261
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.068

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -27383.463037 X +58271.341
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.248
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.062

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 5.531046 X +79.557
Correlation coefficient (r)0.286
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.082

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -1.280136 X +1.970
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.833
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.694

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -10.772258 X +13.772
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.448
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.201