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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:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Turkiye97.4%
2 Mexico73.1%
3 United States72.9%
4 Poland66.0%
5 Israel62.5%
6 Chile61.8%
7 Italy60.5%
8 Ireland55.7%
9 Slovakia52.3%
10 Republic of Korea46.2%
11 United Kingdom45.5%
12 Japan 42.7%
13 Portugal41.3%
14 New Zealand38.7%
15 Latvia36.8%
15 Slovenia36.8%
17 Austria34.0%
18 Australia31.8%
19 Spain31.5%
20 Hungary30.1%
21 Switzerland26.4%
22 Finland26.2%
23 Germany23.0%
24 Netherlands21.3%
25 Czech Republic18.8%
26 France17.7%
27 Norway16.4%
28 Sweden12.9%
29 Denmark12.2%
30 Belgium11.9%

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 = -1.930424 X +7.502
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.617
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.381

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -45875.832418 X +62958.651
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.406
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.165

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -4.887408 X +82.542
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.391
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.153

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 0.443924 X +1.409
Correlation coefficient (r)0.279
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.078

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -10.234658 X +16.736
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.421
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.177