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Question: Do you believe in heaven?
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 States85.1%
2 Italy68.1%
3 United Kingdom 61.0%
4 Japan49.4%
7 Germany34.7%
8 France28.6%

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 = 0.053174 X +6.502
Correlation coefficient (r)0.040
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 41533.473133 X +27636.346
Correlation coefficient (r)0.523
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.274

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -5.219034 X +84.394
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.481
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.231

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -0.149801 X +1.580
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.144
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.021

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 3.216099 X +7.561
Correlation coefficient (r)0.186
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035