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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:
6 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy72.6%
2 Canada68.2%
3 United States59.4%
4 Japan51.4%
5 France 50.7%
6 Germany35.0%

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 = -0.054250 X +6.587
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.024
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 3223.120220 X +46592.236
Correlation coefficient (r)0.027
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 1.325697 X +80.805
Correlation coefficient (r)0.064
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -0.753820 X +1.932
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.461
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.213

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -5.034515 X +12.720
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.197
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.039