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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:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Turkiye97.7%
2 United States85.1%
3 Ireland84.7%
4 Chile82.0%
5 Mexico81.0%
6 Poland73.5%
7 Italy68.1%
8 Israel64.8%
9 United Kingdom61.0%
10 Slovakia59.8%
11 New Zealand55.2%
12 Portugal52.9%
13 Japan49.4%
14 Austria48.5%
14 Republic of Korea48.5%
16 Switzerland48.1%
17 Australia48.0%
18 Spain45.3%
19 Finland 45.0%
20 Netherlands44.1%
21 Slovenia39.5%
22 Latvia38.5%
23 Norway38.1%
24 Hungary35.6%
25 Germany34.7%
26 Denmark30.3%
27 France28.6%
28 Sweden27.7%
29 Czech Republic24.0%
30 Belgium21.2%

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 = -1.146341 X +7.284
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.403
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.162

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -16225.225336 X +53251.951
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.126
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -6.326081 X +83.458
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.347
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.120

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 0.192693 X +1.503
Correlation coefficient (r)0.113
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -7.752294 X +13.949
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.403
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.162