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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:
23 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Poland67.5%
2 Portugal64.0%
3 Chile58.9%
4 Italy58.6%
5 Israel57.5%
6 Ireland53.3%
7 Slovakia48.9%
8 Canada45.9%
9 Spain37.5%
10 Japan 36.7%
10 New Zealand36.7%
12 United States32.0%
13 Slovenia31.5%
14 Latvia31.4%
15 Austria30.9%
16 Hungary27.8%
17 Netherlands25.6%
18 Germany23.0%
19 Czech Republic21.9%
20 France20.0%
21 Norway19.1%
22 Denmark15.6%
23 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 15 countries.

Source
ISSP 1998

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -1.647657 X +7.394
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.513
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.263

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -59896.243143 X +68310.733
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.396
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.157

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -1.511914 X +81.142
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.095
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = 0.113708 X +1.537
Correlation coefficient (r)0.058
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -10.655582 X +16.392
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.474
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.225