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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:
23 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Poland67.5%
2 Portugal64.0%
3 Chile58.9%
4 Italy58.6%
5 Israel57.5%
6 Ireland53.3%
7 Slovakia48.9%
8 Canada45.9%
9 Spain37.5%
10 Japan36.7%
10 New Zealand36.7%
12 United States32.0%
13 Slovenia31.5%
14 Latvia31.4%
15 Austria 30.9%
16 Hungary27.8%
17 Netherlands25.6%
18 Germany23.0%
19 Czech Republic21.9%
20 France20.0%
21 Norway19.1%
22 Denmark15.6%
23 Switzerland13.6%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 15 countries.

Source
ISSP 1998

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -1.156426 X +7.129
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.421
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.177

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -62197.826050 X +70056.050
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.375
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.141

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -2.355679 X +81.179
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.116
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -0.004756 X +1.611
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.002
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -6.440497 X +12.018
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.369
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.136