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Question: Do you believe in hell?
Choices: "Yes, Definitely" "Yes, Probably" "No, Probably Not" "No, Definitely Not"
Data: % of "Yes, Definitely" "Yes, Probably"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States72.9%
2 Italy60.5%
3 Republic of Korea46.2%
4 United Kingdom45.5%
5 Japan 42.7%
6 Australia31.8%
7 Germany23.0%
8 France17.7%
9 Sweden12.9%

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 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2008

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -0.895777 X +7.088
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.357
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.127

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -2800.916811 X +50571.871
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.045
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -4.614174 X +83.722
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.439
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.193

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -0.569062 X +1.692
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.387
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.150

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 0.254490 X +14.111
Correlation coefficient (r)0.008
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000