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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:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 67.4%
2 Italy65.2%
3 United States59.1%
4 Sweden44.2%
5 Republic of Korea38.9%
6 Australia32.3%
7 United Kingdom29.5%
8 France25.7%
9 Germany23.0%

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. 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 = -1.164623 X +7.235
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.401
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.161

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -9883.579299 X +53703.937
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.136
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 0.405226 X +81.738
Correlation coefficient (r)0.033
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -0.531551 X +1.696
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.312
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.097

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -0.818640 X +14.562
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.022
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000