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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:
44 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Indonesia60.2%
2 Turkiye59.9%
3 Philippines49.0%
4 Dominican Republic46.7%
5 Israel44.7%
6 Tanzania36.7%
7 Venezuela34.1%
8 Cyprus33.0%
9 Mexico29.6%
10 Italy23.6%
11 Spain22.6%
12 Portugal21.2%
13 Ukraine20.4%
14 South Africa19.7%
15 Slovakia19.6%
16 Uruguay19.1%
17 Chile18.7%
18 Russian Federation18.5%
19 Sri Lanka18.4%
20 Poland17.9%
21 Ireland15.3%
22 Slovenia15.0%
23 Croatia14.2%
24 Kenya13.1%
25 United States12.5%
26 Hungary12.3%
27 Austria12.2%
28 Latvia11.7%
29 United Kingdom10.2%
30 Republic of Korea 10.1%
31 Czech Republic9.8%
31 Finland9.8%
33 Norway9.1%
34 Denmark8.9%
35 Japan8.7%
36 Netherlands7.8%
37 Australia7.6%
38 Sweden7.0%
39 New Zealand6.7%
40 Germany5.4%
41 France5.1%
41 Switzerland5.1%
43 Belgium5.0%
44 Taiwan4.4%

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 = -3.433367 X +6.958
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.523
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.274

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data44
Regression equation
Y = -95685.991354 X +52010.556
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.532
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.283

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data43
Regression equation
Y = -15.015297 X +81.078
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.427
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.182

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data43
Regression equation
Y = 2.132475 X +1.377
Correlation coefficient (r)0.467
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.218

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data43
Regression equation
Y = -27.657197 X +17.616
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.613
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.376