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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:
6 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy58.6%
2 Canada45.9%
3 Japan 36.7%
4 United States32.0%
5 Germany23.0%
6 France20.0%

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 = -0.738295 X +6.971
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.270
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.073

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -30451.967144 X +59601.359
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.369
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.136

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 3.392515 X +80.278
Correlation coefficient (r)0.205
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.042

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -1.257538 X +1.950
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.845
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.714

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -16.061204 X +18.454
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.693
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.480