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Question: There are some people whose views are considered extreme by the majority. Consider religious extremists, that is people who believe that their religion is the only true faith and all other religions should be considered as enemies. Do you think such people should be allowed to hold public meetings to express their views?
Choices: "Definately" "Probably" "Probably not" "Definately not"
Data: % of "Definately" "Probably"
Period:
Area:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Portugal70.9%
2 Japan67.4%
3 Italy65.2%
4 Mexico62.4%
5 Chile 62.3%
6 Israel60.3%
7 United States59.1%
8 Poland55.3%
9 Ireland54.7%
10 New Zealand51.2%
11 Denmark47.0%
11 Norway47.0%
13 Hungary45.8%
14 Sweden44.2%
15 Republic of Korea38.9%
16 Slovenia37.8%
17 Turkiye37.4%
18 Austria33.9%
19 Finland33.1%
20 Australia32.3%
21 United Kingdom29.5%
22 Switzerland29.3%
23 Spain26.8%
24 France25.7%
25 Netherlands25.1%
26 Germany23.0%
27 Czech Republic22.5%
28 Slovakia22.4%
29 Belgium21.5%
30 Latvia19.3%

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 = -0.459634 X +6.880
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.129
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -5262.623270 X +47005.007
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.033
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -0.084864 X +80.202
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.004
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 0.111430 X +1.557
Correlation coefficient (r)0.052
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -5.621830 X +12.261
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.233
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.054