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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:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States85.8%
2 Italy67.7%
3 Canada63.0%
4 United Kingdom52.7%
5 Japan 44.3%
6 Germany34.0%
7 France32.7%
8 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 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 1998

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.233339 X +6.939
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.113
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 13106.608929 X +43184.451
Correlation coefficient (r)0.241
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.058

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -6.205626 X +84.705
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.603
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.364

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -0.343418 X +1.700
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.360
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.130

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -2.726674 X +13.717
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.160
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.026