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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:
6 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy72.6%
2 Canada68.2%
3 United States59.4%
4 Japan 51.4%
5 France50.7%
6 Germany35.0%

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 4 countries.

Source
ISSP 1998

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -0.310152 X +6.879
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.107
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -9611.537610 X +54031.786
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.109
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -0.424439 X +81.739
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.024
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -0.723454 X +1.903
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.457
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.209

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -11.703570 X +19.246
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.474
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.225