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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 France36.7%
2 Japan 32.3%
3 Sweden26.5%
4 Germany21.9%
5 Australia19.2%
6 Italy15.9%
7 United Kingdom15.1%
8 Republic of Korea11.7%
9 United States4.5%

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 = 0.128959 X +6.601
Correlation coefficient (r)0.031
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -56796.936698 X +59851.308
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.382
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.146

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 14.356149 X +79.001
Correlation coefficient (r)0.600
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.360

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 0.992092 X +1.282
Correlation coefficient (r)0.321
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.103

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -11.596335 X +13.553
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.242
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.059