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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:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States83.0%
2 New Zealand80.0%
3 Switzerland79.8%
4 Republic of Korea78.2%
5 Ireland77.9%
6 Finland76.6%
7 Austria 74.9%
8 United Kingdom74.7%
9 Poland74.2%
10 Australia73.2%
11 Germany72.7%
12 Belgium71.8%
13 Netherlands70.9%
14 Sweden66.5%
15 Hungary65.9%
16 Portugal65.5%
17 Norway64.4%
18 Latvia63.7%
19 Denmark63.6%
20 Slovakia63.3%
21 Chile62.8%
22 Italy60.5%
23 Japan59.1%
24 Slovenia58.6%
25 France58.2%
26 Czech Republic56.1%
27 Spain54.7%
28 Mexico53.0%
29 Israel47.7%
30 Turkiye33.6%

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 8 countries.

Source
ISSP 2008

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 2.202241 X +5.231
Correlation coefficient (r)0.421
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.177

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 116745.016934 X -32440.211
Correlation coefficient (r)0.495
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.245

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 8.512120 X +74.534
Correlation coefficient (r)0.254
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.065

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -1.321530 X +2.477
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.420
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.176

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 19.484279 X -2.977
Correlation coefficient (r)0.551
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.304