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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:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan31.6%
2 France 27.7%
3 Sweden21.8%
4 Germany21.2%
5 Australia15.5%
6 United Kingdom13.3%
7 Canada11.4%
8 Italy10.6%
9 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 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 1998

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -1.120257 X +6.916
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.262
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.069

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -91464.396544 X +66730.952
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.577
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.333

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 17.404115 X +78.795
Correlation coefficient (r)0.647
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.419

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 0.149800 X +1.527
Correlation coefficient (r)0.069
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 2.976467 X +9.463
Correlation coefficient (r)0.084
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007