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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:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Slovakia50.6%
2 Japan31.6%
3 Russian Federation29.1%
4 Slovenia27.8%
5 France27.7%
6 Denmark22.1%
7 Sweden21.8%
8 Bulgaria21.7%
9 Germany21.2%
10 Czech Republic19.3%
11 Norway18.5%
11 Spain18.5%
13 Latvia18.4%
14 Netherlands16.8%
15 Chile16.6%
16 Hungary16.4%
17 Australia15.5%
18 Philippines 13.8%
19 United Kingdom13.3%
20 Switzerland12.4%
21 Portugal11.5%
22 Canada11.4%
23 Italy10.6%
24 Israel9.9%
25 New Zealand9.6%
26 Austria8.0%
27 Cyprus5.0%
28 Ireland4.9%
29 Poland4.3%
30 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 208 countries.

Source
ISSP 1998

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -1.382088 X +6.915
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.218
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.048

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -71867.800056 X +55151.225
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.282
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.080

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -5.454305 X +80.838
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.151
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.023

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = -0.135597 X +1.623
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.040
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 18.104656 X +8.952
Correlation coefficient (r)0.369
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.136