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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:
26 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Slovakia50.6%
2 Japan31.6%
3 Slovenia27.8%
4 France27.7%
5 Denmark22.1%
6 Sweden21.8%
7 Germany21.2%
8 Czech Republic19.3%
9 Norway18.5%
9 Spain18.5%
11 Latvia18.4%
12 Netherlands16.8%
13 Chile 16.6%
14 Hungary16.4%
15 Australia15.5%
16 United Kingdom13.3%
17 Switzerland12.4%
18 Portugal11.5%
19 Canada11.4%
20 Italy10.6%
21 Israel9.9%
22 New Zealand9.6%
23 Austria8.0%
24 Ireland4.9%
25 Poland4.3%
26 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 12 countries.

Source
ISSP 1998

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -0.876092 X +6.887
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.195
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.038

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -81947.966166 X +61805.409
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.315
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.099

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -3.511513 X +81.140
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.108
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -0.108204 X +1.632
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.033
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 3.794632 X +9.033
Correlation coefficient (r)0.134
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018