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Question: Do you believe in reincarnation ? 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 Japan56.4%
2 United States33.1%
3 Italy27.7%
5 United Kingdom24.9%
7 Germany21.8%
9 France 20.5%

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 data6
Regression equation
Y = -1.653486 X +7.039
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.790
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.624

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -31783.896279 X +60033.417
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.252
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.064

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 5.234644 X +79.941
Correlation coefficient (r)0.304
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.092

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -0.895344 X +1.774
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.541
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.293

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 13.742602 X +5.090
Correlation coefficient (r)0.500
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.250