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Question: Do you believe in nirvana ? 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:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Turkiye71.4%
2 Japan58.2%
3 Chile 33.0%
4 Mexico31.0%
5 Republic of Korea29.6%
6 United States27.9%
7 Slovenia26.3%
8 Portugal26.1%
9 Ireland25.5%
10 Austria23.0%
11 Italy21.3%
12 Israel19.5%
13 New Zealand18.7%
14 Switzerland17.7%
15 Spain15.2%
16 Latvia14.7%
17 Australia14.4%
18 Netherlands14.2%
19 United Kingdom14.1%
20 Hungary14.0%
21 Poland13.3%
22 Slovakia12.3%
23 Finland11.2%
24 Czech Republic11.0%
25 Norway10.7%
26 France10.1%
27 Germany9.0%
27 Sweden9.0%
29 Denmark7.4%
30 Belgium6.9%

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 8 countries.

Source
ISSP 2008

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -2.672024 X +7.237
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.666
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.444

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -55602.648012 X +56240.018
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.307
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.094

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -3.089539 X +80.802
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.120
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -0.091192 X +1.622
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.038
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -4.896318 X +10.922
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.180
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.032