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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:
44 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 France36.7%
2 Czech Republic34.1%
3 Japan 32.3%
4 Denmark27.5%
5 Norway26.5%
5 Sweden26.5%
7 Slovenia26.4%
8 Latvia24.6%
9 Uruguay24.2%
10 Belgium23.2%
11 Spain22.7%
12 Germany21.9%
13 Hungary21.8%
14 Netherlands21.3%
15 Australia19.2%
16 Chile18.5%
17 Mexico17.4%
18 Slovakia17.2%
19 Croatia17.0%
20 Italy15.9%
21 Kenya15.2%
22 Switzerland15.1%
22 United Kingdom15.1%
24 Finland13.7%
25 New Zealand13.3%
25 Portugal13.3%
27 Austria12.9%
28 Dominican Republic12.4%
28 Ukraine12.4%
30 Russian Federation12.2%
30 Venezuela12.2%
32 Republic of Korea11.7%
33 Philippines11.0%
34 Tanzania10.6%
35 South Africa10.4%
36 Cyprus8.8%
37 Poland7.9%
38 Israel7.6%
39 Ireland6.8%
40 Turkiye6.5%
41 Taiwan5.6%
42 United States4.5%
43 Sri Lanka2.3%
44 Indonesia1.9%

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 194 countries.

Source
ISSP 2008

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data44
Regression equation
Y = 4.335984 X +5.588
Correlation coefficient (r)0.407
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.166

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data44
Regression equation
Y = 65635.758387 X +23446.417
Correlation coefficient (r)0.203
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.041

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data43
Regression equation
Y = 26.732573 X +72.858
Correlation coefficient (r)0.359
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.129

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data43
Regression equation
Y = -1.867971 X +2.101
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.236
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.056

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data43
Regression equation
Y = 8.813700 X +8.717
Correlation coefficient (r)0.140
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.020