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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 Italy23.6%
2 United States12.5%
3 United Kingdom10.2%
5 Japan8.7%
8 Germany5.4%
9 France 5.1%

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 = -1.253409 X +6.668
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.306
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.094

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -22835.327265 X +52758.023
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.092
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = 2.417746 X +81.286
Correlation coefficient (r)0.072
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -1.721741 X +1.686
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.531
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.282

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data6
Regression equation
Y = -23.994394 X +11.933
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.446
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.199