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Question: Do you believe in life after death?
Choices: "Yes, Definitely" "Yes, Probably" "No, Probably Not" "No, Definitely Not"
Data: % of "Yes, Definitely" "Yes, Probably"
Period:
Area:
23 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Poland77.7%
2 Ireland77.3%
3 Chile76.8%
4 Italy72.6%
5 Portugal72.4%
6 Canada68.2%
7 Slovakia64.7%
8 Israel62.6%
9 New Zealand62.5%
10 Austria60.0%
11 Netherlands59.8%
12 United States59.4%
13 Spain55.4%
14 Norway52.5%
15 Latvia51.5%
16 Japan 51.4%
16 Switzerland51.4%
18 France50.7%
19 Czech Republic44.3%
20 Slovenia42.1%
21 Denmark41.2%
22 Hungary39.2%
23 Germany35.0%

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 15 countries.

Source
ISSP 1998

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -0.920698 X +7.311
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.223
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.050

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -8056.036066 X +50623.372
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.041
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = 1.209621 X +79.879
Correlation coefficient (r)0.059
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -0.162866 X +1.674
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.064
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -14.477797 X +20.781
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.501
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.251