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Question: Do you believe in heaven?
Choices: "Yes, Definitely" "Yes, Probably" "No, Probably Not" "No, Definitely Not"
Data: % of "Yes, Definitely" "Yes, Probably"
Period:
Area:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Turkiye97.7%
2 United States85.1%
3 Ireland84.7%
4 Chile82.0%
5 Mexico81.0%
6 Poland73.5%
7 Italy68.1%
8 Israel64.8%
9 United Kingdom61.0%
10 Slovakia59.8%
11 New Zealand55.2%
12 Portugal52.9%
13 Japan 49.4%
14 Austria48.5%
14 Republic of Korea48.5%
16 Switzerland48.1%
17 Australia48.0%
18 Spain45.3%
19 Finland45.0%
20 Netherlands44.1%
21 Slovenia39.5%
22 Latvia38.5%
23 Norway38.1%
24 Hungary35.6%
25 Germany34.7%
26 Denmark30.3%
27 France28.6%
28 Sweden27.7%
29 Czech Republic24.0%
30 Belgium21.2%

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 8 countries.

Source
ISSP 2008

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -1.417376 X +7.465
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.428
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.183

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -20367.135320 X +55138.054
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.170
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.029

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -3.437242 X +82.368
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.260
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.068

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 0.387704 X +1.385
Correlation coefficient (r)0.230
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.053

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -13.139331 X +19.463
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.510
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.260