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Question: Do you believe in reincarnation ? being reborn in this world again and again?
Choices: "Yes, Definitely" "Yes, Probably" "No, Probably Not" "No, Definitely Not"
Data: % of "Yes, Definitely" "Yes, Probably"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 56.4%
2 United States33.1%
3 Italy27.7%
4 Republic of Korea27.6%
5 United Kingdom24.9%
6 Australia24.6%
7 Germany21.8%
8 Sweden20.8%
9 France20.5%

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 = -2.647481 X +7.494
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.592
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.350

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -26797.268571 X +57136.685
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.240
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.058

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 5.161038 X +80.435
Correlation coefficient (r)0.276
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.076

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -0.761170 X +1.687
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.290
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.084

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 7.405142 X +12.093
Correlation coefficient (r)0.132
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017