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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:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States71.3%
2 Italy48.3%
3 Republic of Korea39.3%
4 Japan38.7%
5 United Kingdom25.9%
6 France 21.0%
7 Germany17.2%
8 Sweden9.1%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 2018

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.955043 X +6.897
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.449
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.202

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 21001.306313 X +39072.933
Correlation coefficient (r)0.284
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.081

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -6.720057 X +84.037
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.528
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.279

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.453095 X +1.611
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.278
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.077

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 5.681745 X +9.253
Correlation coefficient (r)0.218
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.048