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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:
24 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Turkiye95.6%
2 United States80.8%
3 Chile76.0%
4 Israel59.4%
5 Italy55.5%
6 New Zealand52.3%
7 Japan 46.0%
8 Switzerland43.3%
9 Austria41.7%
10 Lithuania41.6%
10 Slovakia41.6%
12 Hungary41.1%
13 Republic of Korea40.5%
14 Spain40.2%
14 United Kingdom40.2%
16 Slovenia38.6%
17 Iceland36.4%
18 Finland36.1%
19 Germany32.7%
20 France29.4%
21 Norway28.6%
22 Czech Republic28.2%
23 Denmark24.2%
24 Sweden22.5%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 14 countries.

Source
ISSP 2018

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -2.173212 X +7.761
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.557
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.310

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -41193.412431 X +63546.973
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.332
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.110

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -4.108809 X +82.657
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.280
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.078

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = 0.557461 X +1.338
Correlation coefficient (r)0.276
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.076

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data24
Regression equation
Y = -11.352377 X +18.256
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.345
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.119