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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 truth only in one religion"
Period:
Area:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Cyprus49.0%
2 Philippines 46.9%
3 Israel42.6%
4 Portugal40.7%
5 Poland34.5%
6 Spain30.9%
7 Chile30.5%
8 Italy27.2%
9 Bulgaria21.8%
10 Russian Federation21.2%
11 Hungary20.1%
11 Latvia20.1%
13 Slovenia20.0%
14 Slovakia18.5%
15 Ireland17.6%
16 Denmark14.3%
17 Austria13.2%
18 Norway12.7%
19 United States11.9%
20 Czech Republic10.9%
21 Japan10.3%
22 Netherlands10.1%
23 Switzerland9.2%
24 Sweden8.9%
25 Germany8.0%
26 United Kingdom7.8%
27 New Zealand7.7%
28 Canada7.5%
29 Australia6.6%
30 France6.5%

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 208 countries.

Source
ISSP 1998

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -2.457215 X +7.160
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.504
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.254

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -101393.617740 X +62724.711
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.516
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.266

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -8.752807 X +81.620
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.314
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.099

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 0.765816 X +1.450
Correlation coefficient (r)0.293
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.086

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -18.757870 X +15.715
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.496
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.246