Tweet
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:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Slovakia50.6%
2 Japan 31.6%
3 Russian Federation29.1%
4 Slovenia27.8%
5 France27.7%
6 Denmark22.1%
7 Sweden21.8%
8 Bulgaria21.7%
9 Germany21.2%
10 Czech Republic19.3%
11 Norway18.5%
11 Spain18.5%
13 Latvia18.4%
14 Netherlands16.8%
15 Chile16.6%
16 Hungary16.4%
17 Australia15.5%
18 Philippines13.8%
19 United Kingdom13.3%
20 Switzerland12.4%
21 Portugal11.5%
22 Canada11.4%
23 Italy10.6%
24 Israel9.9%
25 New Zealand9.6%
26 Austria8.0%
27 Cyprus5.0%
28 Ireland4.9%
29 Poland4.3%
30 United States4.0%

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 208 countries.

Source
ISSP 1998

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -1.026404 X +6.794
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.192
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.037

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -79691.046549 X +57232.141
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.293
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.086

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -8.392101 X +80.950
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.187
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -0.161117 X +1.664
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.042
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 11.653546 X +7.526
Correlation coefficient (r)0.292
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.085