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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 is very little truth in any religion"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France 36.7%
2 Japan32.3%
4 Germany21.9%
6 Italy15.9%
7 United Kingdom15.1%
9 United States4.5%

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 = -1.039499 X +6.750
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.442
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.195

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -98936.438962 X +71107.776
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.698
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.487

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 13.483828 X +78.709
Correlation coefficient (r)0.697
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.486

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -0.012193 X +1.501
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.007
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -1.208324 X +9.568
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.039
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002