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Question: Do you believe in nirvana ? being reborn in this world again and again?
Choices: "Yes, Definitely" "Yes, Probably" "No, Probably Not" "No, Definitely Not"
Data: % of "Yes, Definitely" "Yes, Probably"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan58.2%
3 United States27.9%
4 Italy21.3%
6 United Kingdom14.1%
7 France 10.1%
8 Germany9.0%

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 data6
Regression equation
Y = -1.222146 X +6.817
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.807
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.651

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -21943.291075 X +55407.211
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.240
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.058

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 3.646788 X +80.695
Correlation coefficient (r)0.293
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.086

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -0.643018 X +1.649
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.537
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.288

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 9.896333 X +6.994
Correlation coefficient (r)0.497
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.247