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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 are basic truths in many religions"
Period:
Area:
44 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Taiwan90.0%
2 United States83.0%
3 New Zealand80.0%
4 Switzerland79.8%
5 Sri Lanka79.2%
6 Republic of Korea 78.2%
7 Ireland77.9%
8 Finland76.6%
9 Austria74.9%
10 United Kingdom74.7%
11 Poland74.2%
12 Australia73.2%
13 Germany72.7%
14 Belgium71.8%
15 Kenya71.7%
16 Netherlands70.9%
17 South Africa69.9%
18 Russian Federation69.3%
19 Croatia68.8%
20 Ukraine67.2%
21 Sweden66.5%
22 Hungary65.9%
23 Portugal65.5%
24 Norway64.4%
25 Latvia63.7%
26 Denmark63.6%
27 Slovakia63.3%
28 Chile62.8%
29 Italy60.5%
30 Japan59.1%
31 Slovenia58.6%
32 Cyprus58.3%
33 France58.2%
34 Uruguay56.7%
35 Czech Republic56.1%
36 Spain54.7%
37 Venezuela53.7%
38 Mexico53.0%
39 Tanzania52.7%
40 Israel47.7%
41 Dominican Republic40.9%
42 Philippines40.0%
43 Indonesia37.9%
44 Turkiye33.6%

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 194 countries.

Source
ISSP 2008

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data44
Regression equation
Y = 2.584157 X +4.633
Correlation coefficient (r)0.341
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.116

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data44
Regression equation
Y = 96397.106641 X -28520.441
Correlation coefficient (r)0.464
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.215

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data43
Regression equation
Y = 11.113813 X +71.047
Correlation coefficient (r)0.263
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.069

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data43
Regression equation
Y = -2.140027 X +3.161
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.390
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.152

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data43
Regression equation
Y = 30.355102 X -7.186
Correlation coefficient (r)0.560
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.314