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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:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States72.9%
2 Italy60.5%
3 Republic of Korea46.2%
4 United Kingdom45.5%
5 Japan 42.7%
6 Australia31.8%
7 Germany23.0%
8 France17.7%
9 Sweden12.9%

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 = -0.996153 X +7.018
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.462
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.213

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 8020.005989 X +45104.704
Correlation coefficient (r)0.105
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -6.140341 X +84.343
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.502
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.252

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -0.614301 X +1.726
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.389
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.151

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 1.930012 X +10.427
Correlation coefficient (r)0.079
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006