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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%
2 Republic of Korea78.2%
3 United Kingdom74.7%
4 Australia73.2%
5 Germany72.7%
6 Sweden66.5%
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 data9
Regression equation
Y = 0.877326 X +6.017
Correlation coefficient (r)0.182
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.033

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 96101.971473 X -18602.827
Correlation coefficient (r)0.566
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.320

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -17.091001 X +93.823
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.627
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.393

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -0.383581 X +1.751
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.109
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 25.950078 X -6.868
Correlation coefficient (r)0.475
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.226