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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 truth only in one religion"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy27.2%
2 United States11.9%
3 Japan10.3%
4 Sweden8.9%
5 Germany8.0%
6 United Kingdom7.8%
7 Canada7.5%
8 Australia6.6%
9 France 6.5%

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 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 1998

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -2.656872 X +7.000
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.457
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.209

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -77891.081997 X +58961.206
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.361
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.130

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 0.356865 X +81.796
Correlation coefficient (r)0.010
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -1.911551 X +1.754
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.646
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.417

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -25.017365 X +12.615
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.521
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.271