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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:
26 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Israel42.6%
2 Portugal40.7%
3 Poland34.5%
4 Spain30.9%
5 Chile30.5%
6 Italy27.2%
7 Hungary20.1%
7 Latvia20.1%
9 Slovenia20.0%
10 Slovakia18.5%
11 Ireland17.6%
12 Denmark14.3%
13 Austria13.2%
14 Norway12.7%
15 United States11.9%
16 Czech Republic10.9%
17 Japan 10.3%
18 Netherlands10.1%
19 Switzerland9.2%
20 Sweden8.9%
21 Germany8.0%
22 United Kingdom7.8%
23 New Zealand7.7%
24 Canada7.5%
25 Australia6.6%
26 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 12 countries.

Source
ISSP 1998

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -2.285086 X +7.217
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.481
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.231

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -100523.518164 X +64565.574
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.459
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.211

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -4.533271 X +81.543
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.195
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.038

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = 0.657531 X +1.469
Correlation coefficient (r)0.234
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.055

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data26
Regression equation
Y = -12.286904 X +14.453
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.369
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.136