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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 Japan 31.6%
2 France27.7%
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. Belgium: Flanders only. 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 = -1.807147 X +7.173
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.395
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.156

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -55081.719070 X +61007.265
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.435
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.189

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 16.300347 X +78.877
Correlation coefficient (r)0.715
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.511

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 0.324414 X +1.474
Correlation coefficient (r)0.159
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.025

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 12.250289 X +10.206
Correlation coefficient (r)0.337
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.114