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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:
29 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Philippines 87.7%
2 Cyprus75.5%
3 Uruguay74.4%
4 Poland67.5%
5 Portugal64.0%
6 Chile58.9%
7 Italy58.6%
8 Israel57.5%
9 Ireland53.3%
10 Slovakia48.9%
11 Canada45.9%
12 Spain37.5%
13 Japan36.7%
13 New Zealand36.7%
15 United States32.0%
16 Slovenia31.5%
17 Latvia31.4%
18 Austria30.9%
19 Russian Federation30.8%
20 Syrian Arab Republic29.7%
21 Hungary27.8%
22 Netherlands25.6%
23 Bulgaria25.2%
24 Germany23.0%
25 Czech Republic21.9%
26 France20.0%
27 Norway19.1%
28 Denmark15.6%
29 Switzerland13.6%

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 209 countries.

Source
ISSP 1998

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -1.186773 X +7.108
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.389
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.151

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -55226.928393 X +63153.253
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.435
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.189

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -2.766801 X +80.523
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.150
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 0.365852 X +1.502
Correlation coefficient (r)0.182
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.033

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -9.732461 X +16.012
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.357
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.127