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Question: Which of the following statements come closest to your own views?
Choices: "There is very little truth in any religion" "There are basic truths in many religions" "There is truth only in one religion"
Data: % of "There are basic truths in many religions"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States83.0%
3 United Kingdom74.7%
5 Germany72.7%
7 Italy60.5%
8 Japan59.1%
9 France 58.2%

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 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2008

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 1.955057 X +5.201
Correlation coefficient (r)0.715
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.511

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 143670.922428 X -47478.951
Correlation coefficient (r)0.871
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.759

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -19.267457 X +94.658
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.856
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.733

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 0.778518 X +0.969
Correlation coefficient (r)0.360
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.130

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 12.373378 X +0.895
Correlation coefficient (r)0.345
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.119