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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 France36.7%
2 Japan 32.3%
3 Sweden26.5%
4 Germany21.9%
5 Australia19.2%
6 Italy15.9%
7 United Kingdom15.1%
8 Republic of Korea11.7%
9 United States4.5%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. 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 = -0.236873 X +6.785
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.048
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -31253.929797 X +55855.414
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.255
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.065

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 12.193145 X +79.421
Correlation coefficient (r)0.593
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.352

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 1.063496 X +1.252
Correlation coefficient (r)0.369
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.136

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -9.641066 X +16.180
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.156
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.024