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Question: Do you believe in life after death?
Choices: "Yes, Definitely" "Yes, Probably" "No, Probably Not" "No, Definitely Not"
Data: % of "Yes, Definitely" "Yes, Probably"
Period:
Area:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Turkiye95.3%
2 Ireland80.9%
3 United States78.6%
4 Chile78.5%
5 Mexico76.6%
6 Poland71.5%
7 Italy68.5%
8 Israel65.9%
9 Slovakia61.5%
10 United Kingdom60.9%
11 New Zealand60.7%
12 Austria59.7%
13 Switzerland 59.4%
14 Japan58.8%
15 Netherlands53.2%
16 Australia50.9%
17 Republic of Korea49.7%
18 Finland48.9%
19 Portugal48.4%
20 Spain47.8%
21 Norway47.2%
22 Slovenia45.9%
23 Latvia44.5%
24 Sweden43.2%
25 France42.6%
26 Germany40.5%
27 Denmark38.1%
28 Hungary37.0%
29 Belgium30.8%
30 Czech Republic28.2%

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 = -1.251054 X +7.386
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.351
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.123

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -7971.356825 X +49257.187
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.050
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -5.928176 X +83.474
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.259
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.067

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 0.291557 X +1.440
Correlation coefficient (r)0.136
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -9.824815 X +15.397
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.408
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.166