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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%
4 United Kingdom45.5%
5 Japan 42.7%
7 Germany23.0%
8 France17.7%

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 = -0.127874 X +6.587
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.097
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 35193.396798 X +34879.787
Correlation coefficient (r)0.442
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.195

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -4.424346 X +83.484
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.407
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.166

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -0.256276 X +1.610
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.245
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.060

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 3.278632 X +7.880
Correlation coefficient (r)0.189
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.036