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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:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States78.6%
2 Italy68.5%
3 United Kingdom60.9%
4 Japan58.8%
5 Australia50.9%
6 Republic of Korea49.7%
7 Sweden43.2%
8 France 42.6%
9 Germany40.5%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. Italy: unweighted sum of 2008 and 2010 surveys. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2008

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -0.862819 X +7.101
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.260
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.068

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 29089.754569 X +32294.765
Correlation coefficient (r)0.249
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.062

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -10.293653 X +87.580
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.548
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.300

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -0.332696 X +1.667
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.137
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.019

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -3.088786 X +12.879
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.082
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007