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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:
25 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States85.8%
2 Ireland84.3%
3 Chile82.3%
4 Poland78.2%
5 Portugal76.1%
6 Italy67.7%
7 Canada63.0%
8 Israel60.7%
9 New Zealand58.2%
10 Slovakia56.8%
11 United Kingdom52.7%
12 Switzerland52.4%
13 Spain51.2%
14 Netherlands48.2%
15 Austria45.3%
16 Japan 44.3%
17 Norway40.8%
18 Hungary36.2%
19 Slovenia35.1%
20 Germany34.0%
21 Latvia32.9%
22 France32.7%
23 Denmark32.4%
24 Czech Republic28.9%
25 Sweden28.2%

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 13 countries.

Source
ISSP 1998

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -0.567668 X +7.022
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.234
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.055

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = 11060.736740 X +41384.973
Correlation coefficient (r)0.078
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.006

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -1.084140 X +80.999
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.062
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -0.153734 X +1.690
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.085
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data25
Regression equation
Y = -4.134590 X +11.780
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.269
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.072